Economic measures of capacity utilization: a nonparametric short-run cost function analysis

DOI10.1016/j.ejor.2020.12.012zbMath1487.91090OpenAlexW3111581366MaRDI QIDQ2030536

Lei Chen, John Walden, Subhash C. Ray

Publication date: 7 June 2021

Published in: European Journal of Operational Research (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ejor.2020.12.012

zbMATH Keywords

data envelopment analysisscale economiesfixed inputsray average cost

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Management decision making, including multiple objectives (90B50) Production theory, theory of the firm (91B38) Statistical methods; economic indices and measures (91B82)

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