Measuring the technical efficiency of production

DOI10.1016/0022-0531(78)90060-1zbMath0398.90012OpenAlexW2056619877MaRDI QIDQ1254179

Publication date: 1978

Published in: Journal of Economic Theory (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1016/0022-0531(78)90060-1

zbMATH Keywords

Production Function Technical Efficiency

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Applications of statistics to economics (62P20) Economic time series analysis (91B84) Production theory, theory of the firm (91B38)

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