Generalized estimation of productivity with multiple bad outputs: the importance of materials balance constraints

DOI10.1016/J.EJOR.2020.11.025MaRDI QIDQ2030489zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

Authors Scott E. Atkinson, Mike G. Tsionas

Publication date 7 June 2021

Published in European Journal of Operational Research (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ejor.2020.11.025

zbMATH Keywords

directional technology distance functionmaterials-balance equationsproductivity and competitivenessproductivity change with goods and bads

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Management decision making, including multiple objectives (90B50) Production theory, theory of the firm (91B38) Environmental economics (natural resource models, harvesting, pollution, etc.) (91B76)

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