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  1. Instituto Superior de Economia e Gestao, Technical University of Lisbon, Rua Miguel Lupi, 20, 1249-068 Lisbon, Portugal

    Carlos Pestana Barros

  2. University of Évora, Urban and Regional Analysis and Research Laboratory, Largo dos Colegiais 2, Apartado 94, 7002-554, Évora, Portugal

    Álvaro Matias

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Pestana Barros, C., Matias, Á. (2007). Efficiency in a Chain of Small Hotels with a Stochastic Production Frontier Model. In: Matias, Á., Nijkamp, P., Neto, P. (eds) Advances in Modern Tourism Research. Physica-Verlag HD. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-7908-1718-8_6

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