Profit, Directional Distance Functions, and Nerlovian Efficiency

Journal of Optimization Theory and Applications - Tập 98 Số 2 - Trang 351-364 - 1998
Robert G. Chambers1, Yangho Chung2, Rolf Färe3
1Department of Agricultural and Resource Economics, University of Maryland at College Park, College Park
2Department of Economics, Southern Illinois University at Carbondale, Carbondale#TAB#
3Department of Economics and Department of Agricultural and Resource Economics, Oregon State University, Corvallis,

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