Efficiency analysis: A primer on recent advances

Foundations and Trends in Econometrics

Volumn 7, Issue 3-4, 2014, Pages 191-385

  Parmeter, Christopher F ^a   Kumbhakar, Subal C ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI   (United States)

^b BINGHAMTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 84919644334     PISSN: 15513076     EISSN: 15513084     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1561/0800000023     Document Type: Article

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