Benefit and distance functions
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Publication:2365335
DOI10.1006/jeth.1996.0096zbMath0866.90027OpenAlexW2022041746MaRDI QIDQ2365335
Robert G. Chambers, Yangho Chung, Rolf Faere
Publication date: 23 February 1997
Published in: Journal of Economic Theory (Search for Journal in Brave)
Full work available at URL: http://ageconsearch.umn.edu/record/197820
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