Search Results - subject:"Distance function"

Efficiency effects of observed and unobserved heterogeneity : evidence from Norwegian electricity distribution networks

Growitsch, Christian; Jamasb, Tooraj; Wetzel, Heike - In: Energy economics 34 (2012) 2, pp. 542-548

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An improved facility layout construction method

Hale, Trevor S.; Huq, Faizul; Jipkin, Ian - In: International journal of production research 50 (2012) 15, pp. 4271-4278

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Efficiency of the Malaysian hotel industry : a distance function approach

Saleh, Ali Salman; Assaf, A. Georges; Nghiem, Hong Son - In: Tourism analysis : an interdisciplinary tourism & … 17 (2012) 6, pp. 721-732

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009717312

A new method for estimating market power with an application to Norwegian sawmilling

Kumbhakar, Subal; Baardsen, Sjur; Lien, Gudbrand - In: Review of industrial organization : RIO 40 (2012) 2, pp. 109-129

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On some classes of normed and risk averse preferences

Briec, Walter; Liang, Qi; Ratsimbanierana, Hermann - In: Journal of Economics 106 (2012) 3, pp. 267-282

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A New Method for Estimating Market Power with an Application to Norwegian Sawmilling

Kumbhakar, Subal; Baardsen, Sjur; Lien, Gudbrand - In: Review of Industrial Organization 40 (2012) 2, pp. 109-129

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010864938

Efficiency and technological change at US research universities

Foltz, Jeremy; Barham, Bradford; Chavas, Jean-Paul; … - In: Journal of Productivity Analysis 37 (2012) 2, pp. 171-186

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A Luenberger soil-quality indicator

Hailu, Atakelty; Chambers, Robert - In: Journal of Productivity Analysis 38 (2012) 2, pp. 145-154

This paper discusses how a quality indicator can be constructed as a Luenberger indicator using directional distance functions. This leads to a suggested formula for aggregating individual soil quality attributes into an indicator. The method is illustrated using crop trials data from Western...

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Decomposition of the environmental inefficiency of the meta-frontier with undesirable output

Chiu, Ching-Ren; Liou, Je-Liang; Wu, Pei-Ing; Fang, … - In: Energy Economics 34 (2012) 5, pp. 1392-1399

undesirable output on environmental efficiency measurement. The proposed framework combines the directional distance function and …

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On the allocation of resources for secondary schools

Haelermans, Carla; De Witte, Kristof; Blank, Jos L.T. - In: Economics of Education Review 31 (2012) 5, pp. 575-586

and materials – in secondary schools. We use a flexible budget constrained output distance function model to estimate both …

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