A Nonparametric Cost Approach to Scale Efficiency
- 1 December 1985
- journal article
- Published by JSTOR in The Scandinavian Journal of Economics
- Vol. 87 (4) , 594
- https://doi.org/10.2307/3439974
Abstract
Starting with Farrell & Fieldhouse (1962), a host of nonparametric models have been developed for calculation of scale efficiency. A common property of these models is that they are specified in terms of input/output data. Duality theory has taught us that technological characteristics may be analyzed from either the primal or the dual cost side. The purpose of this paper is to introduce a nonparametric dual method of calculating scale efficiency.Keywords
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