Estimating returns to scale using non-parametric deterministic technologies: A new method based on goodness-of-fit
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Publication:1806656
DOI10.1016/S0377-2217(97)00428-1zbMATH Open0933.91034MaRDI QIDQ1806656FDOQ1806656
Authors: Kristiaan Kerstens, Philippe vanden Eeckaut 
Publication date: 4 April 2000
Published in: European Journal of Operational Research (Search for Journal in Brave)
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