Measuring efficiency under fixed proportion technologies
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Keywords
Fixed proportion technology; Data envelopment analysis; Efficiency measurement; Nonsubstitutable inputs; Nonsubstitutable outputs; C14; C61;All these keywords.
JEL classification:
- C14 - Mathematical and Quantitative Methods - - Econometric and Statistical Methods and Methodology: General - - - Semiparametric and Nonparametric Methods: General
- C61 - Mathematical and Quantitative Methods - - Mathematical Methods; Programming Models; Mathematical and Simulation Modeling - - - Optimization Techniques; Programming Models; Dynamic Analysis
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