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Efficiency Change over Time

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In this chapter, we introduced two methods for measuring efficiency change over time: “window analysis” and “Malmquist index” using non-parametric DEA models.

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Cooper, W.W., Seiford, L.M., Tone, K. (2007). Efficiency Change over Time. In: Data Envelopment Analysis. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-0-387-45283-8_11

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