A metafrontier directional distance function approach to assessing eco-efficiency

Journal of Productivity Analysis

Volumn 41, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 69-83

  Beltrán Esteve, Mercedes ^a   Gómez Limón, José A ^b   Picazo Tadeo, Andrés J ^a   Reig Martínez, Ernest ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VALENCIA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CÓRDOBA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Agro environmental policy; Data envelopment analysis; Directional distance functions; Economic ecological efficiency; Metafrontier; Olive farming; Spain

Indexed keywords

EID: 84892898837     PISSN: 0895562X     EISSN: 15730441     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11123-012-0334-7     Document Type: Article

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