Input-Output Efficiency of Urban Agglomerations in China: An Application of Data Envelopment Analysis (DEA)

Urban Studies

Volumn 50, Issue 13, 2013, Pages 2766-2790

  Fang, ChuangLin ^a   Guan, XingLiang ^b   Lu, ShaSha ^c   Zhou, Min ^d   Deng, Yu ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOGRAPHIC SCIENCES AND NATURAL RESOURCES RESEARCH   (China)

^b National Academy for Mayors of China   (China)

^c BEIJING FORESTRY UNIVERSITY   (China)

^d PEKING UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGGLOMERATION; DATA ENVELOPMENT ANALYSIS; ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL ECONOMICS; INPUT-OUTPUT ANALYSIS; URBAN ECONOMY;

CHINA;

EID: 84883354301     PISSN: 00420980     EISSN: 1360063X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0042098013477707     Document Type: Article

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