Efficiency measurement when producers control pollutants: a non-parametric approach

Journal of Productivity Analysis

Volumn 42, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 211-223

  Rødseth, Kenneth Løvold ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF TRANSPORT ECONOMICS   (Norway)

Author keywords

Allocatable inputs; Data envelopment analysis; Directional output distance function; Pollution control; Weak disposability axiom

Indexed keywords

EID: 84957428635     PISSN: 0895562X     EISSN: 15730441     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11123-014-0382-2     Document Type: Article

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