Assessing the significance of covariates in output oriented data envelopment analysis with two stage regression models

WSEAS Transactions on Systems

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 440-449

  E Souza, Geraldo Da Silva ^a   Gomes, Eliane Gonҫalves ^a  

^a EMBRAPA CERRADOS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Agricultural research; Bootstrap; Contextual variables; Data envelopment analysis; Fractional regression models; Second stage dea regressions

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURE; DATA ENVELOPMENT ANALYSIS; EFFICIENCY; MAXIMUM LIKELIHOOD ESTIMATION; SPECIFICATIONS;

AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH; BOOTSTRAP; CONTEXTUAL VARIABLES; REGRESSION MODEL; SECOND STAGE DEA REGRESSIONS;

REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

EID: 84904103411     PISSN: 11092777     EISSN: 22242678     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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