Linear programming solutions and distance functions under a constant returns to scale technology

Jean-Philippe Boussemart, W Briec and Hervé Leleu
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Journal of the Operational Research Society, 2009, vol. 60, issue 1, 72-78

Abstract: Abstract In this paper, we investigate the various relationships among the linear programming solutions of data envelopment analysis (DEA) models under a constant returns to scale technology. We derive the analytical relationships among the efficiency measures and the activity variables for four separate models: the input-based, the output-based, the hyperbolic, and the proportional distance functions. We apply our results in order to derive a test of consistency that can be used in assessing the returns to scale among differing DEA models.

Keywords: data envelopment analysis; methodology; linear programming; production (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2009
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