On selecting directions for directional distance functions in a non-parametric framework: A review
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- Ke Wang & Yujiao Xian & Chia-Yen Lee & Yi-Ming Wei & Zhimin Huang, 2019. "On selecting directions for directional distance functions in a non-parametric framework: a review," Annals of Operations Research, Springer, vol. 278(1), pages 43-76, July.
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Keywords
Data Envelopment Analysis (DEA); Least distance; Endogenous mechanism; Cost efficiency; Profit efficiency; Marginal profit maximization;All these keywords.
JEL classification:
- Q54 - Agricultural and Natural Resource Economics; Environmental and Ecological Economics - - Environmental Economics - - - Climate; Natural Disasters and their Management; Global Warming
- Q40 - Agricultural and Natural Resource Economics; Environmental and Ecological Economics - - Energy - - - General
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- NEP-EFF-2017-04-16 (Efficiency and Productivity)
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