Fried, H.; Lovell, C.; Schmidt, S.; Yaisawarng, S. - In: Journal of Productivity Analysis 17 (2002) 1, pp. 157-174
In this paper we propose a new technique for incorporating environmental effects and statistical noise into a producer performance evaluation based on data envelopment analysis (DEA). The technique involves a three-stage analysis. In the first stage, DEA is applied to outputs and inputs only, to...
