A strange case of the cost and allocative efficiencies in DEA

K Tone ()
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K Tone: National Graduate Institute for Policy Studies

Journal of the Operational Research Society, 2002, vol. 53, issue 11, 1225-1231

Abstract: Abstract In this paper we point out the shortcomings of the cost and allocative efficiencies as used in the DEA literature, and propose a new approach to the cost efficiency evaluation.

Keywords: DEA; cost (overall) efficiency; allocative efficiency; returns to cost; revenue efficiency (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2002
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DOI: 10.1057/palgrave.jors.2601438

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