Average-cost efficiency and optimal scale sizes in non-parametric analysis
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Publication:726236
DOI10.1016/j.ejor.2014.09.062zbMath1341.91098OpenAlexW1983103153MaRDI QIDQ726236
Daniele Giovannola, Giovanni Cesaroni
Publication date: 8 July 2016
Published in: European Journal of Operational Research (Search for Journal in Brave)
Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ejor.2014.09.062
Special problems of linear programming (transportation, multi-index, data envelopment analysis, etc.) (90C08) Production theory, theory of the firm (91B38) Statistical methods; economic indices and measures (91B82) Nonparametric inference (62G99)
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