Empirical evidence on X-efficiency, 1967-2004

Renaissance in Behavioral Economics: Essays in Honour of Harvey Leibenstein

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages 211-227

  Frantz, Roger ^a  

^a SAN DIEGO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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DOI: 10.4324/9780203020876     Document Type: Chapter

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