A dual measure of economies of scope

被引:24
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作者
Hajargasht, Gholamreza [1 ]
Coelli, Tim [1 ]
Rao, D. S. Prasada [1 ]
机构
[1] Univ Queensland, Sch Econ, CEPA, St Lucia, Qld 4072, Australia
关键词
economies of scope; distance function; duality; stochastic frontier;
D O I
10.1016/j.econlet.2008.01.004
中图分类号
F [经济];
学科分类号
02 ;
摘要
A derivative-based measure of economies of scope is obtained by exploiting the duality between the shadow cost function and the input distance function. This is a useful measure when the econometric estimation of a cost function is not viable. (C) 2008 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
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页码:185 / 188
页数:4
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