Comparing Input- and Output-Oriented Measures of Technical Efficiency to Determine Local Returns to Scale in DEA Models


Autoria(s): Ray, Subhash C.
Data(s)

01/09/2008

Resumo

This paper shows how one can infer the nature of local returns to scale at the input- or output-oriented efficient projection of a technically inefficient input-output bundle, when the input- and output-oriented measures of efficiency differ.

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http://digitalcommons.uconn.edu/econ_wpapers/200837

http://digitalcommons.uconn.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1376&context=econ_wpapers

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DigitalCommons@UConn

Fonte

Economics Working Papers

Palavras-Chave #Most Productive Scale Size #Convex Technologies #Nonparametric Efficiency Analysis #Economics
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