Comparing Input- and Output-Oriented Measures of Technical Efficiency to Determine Local Returns to Scale in DEA Models

Subhash Ray

No 2008-37, Working papers from University of Connecticut, Department of Economics

Abstract: This paper shows how one can infer the nature of local returns to scale at the input- or output-oriented efficient projection of a technically inefficient input-output bundle, when the input- and output-oriented measures of efficiency differ.

Keywords: Most Productive Scale Size; Convex Technologies, Nonparametric Efficiency Analysis (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: C6 D2 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 8 pages
Date: 2008-09
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