Efficiency and Productivity: Malmquist and More

The Measurement of Productive Efficiency and Productivity Change

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages

  Färe, Rolf ^a   Grosskopf, Shawna ^a   Margaritis, Dimitri ^b  

^a OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b AUCKLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Diffusion; Duality theory; Indexes; Indicators; Innovation; Learning; Productivity growth

Indexed keywords

EID: 84920062831     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780195183528.003.0005     Document Type: Chapter

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