Chapter 1. Introduction -- Part I -- Chapter 2. Production Economics and Economic Efficiency (Mónica Meireles) -- Chapter 3. Data Envelopment Analysis: A Review and Synthesis (Ana S. Camanho) -- Chapter 4. Stochastic Frontier Analysis: A Review and Synthesis (Mara Madaleno) -- Part II --...

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