Efficiency Estimation of Production Functions

DOI10.2307/2525845zbMath0264.90022OpenAlexW2043425503MaRDI QIDQ5682144

S. N. Afriat

Publication date: 1972

Published in: International Economic Review (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.2307/2525845

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Production models (90B30)

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