One-sided elasticities and technical efficiency in multi-output production: a theoretical framework

DOI10.1016/j.ejor.2004.05.008zbMath1101.90344OpenAlexW1969065912MaRDI QIDQ2569038

Andreas C. Soteriou, Petros Hadjicostas

Publication date: 17 October 2005

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

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ejor.2004.05.008

zbMATH Keywords

data envelopment analysisreturns to scalemulti-output productionone-sided elasticities

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Management decision making, including multiple objectives (90B50) Production models (90B30) Special problems of linear programming (transportation, multi-index, data envelopment analysis, etc.) (90C08)

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Uses Software

• DEAFrontier

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