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Abstract(s)
This paper calls attention to the implications of using value data in efficiency measurement through
Data Envelopment Analysis (DEA). The main contributions are twofold: (i) it provides a reconciliation
of the previous literature on analysing issues of quantity and value data in efficiency measurement, (ii) it
provides some guidelines on what to do, when these issues arise in a data set.
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Keywords
Data Envelopment Analysis Technical efficiency Cost efficiency
Citation
PORTELA, Maria - Value and quantity data in economic and technical efficiency measurement. Economics Letters. ISSN 0165-1765. Vol. 124, n.º 1 (2014), p. 108-112
Publisher
Elsevier