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Two Perspectives on DEA: Unveiling the Link between CCR and Shephard

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In this paper we contrast the DEA and activity analysis approaches by Charnes, Cooper and Rhodes (1978) and Shephard (1970), respectively. We show that by appropriately normalizing Shephard's output price model the two approaches coincide.

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  1. Department of Economics, Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR, 97331

    Rolf Färe & Shawna Grosskopf

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Färe, R., Grosskopf, S. Two Perspectives on DEA: Unveiling the Link between CCR and Shephard. Journal of Productivity Analysis 17, 41–47 (2002). https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1013528102920

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