A MEASURE OF ECONOMIC-EFFICIENCY USING RETURNS TO SCALE

Authors
KALIRAJAN KP
Citation
Kp. Kalirajan, A MEASURE OF ECONOMIC-EFFICIENCY USING RETURNS TO SCALE, Economics letters, 56(3), 1997, pp. 253-257
Citations number
12
Journal title
Economics letters → ACNP
ISSN journal
01651765
Volume
56
Issue
3
Year of publication
1997
Pages
253 - 257
Database
ISI
SICI code
0165-1765(1997)56:3<253:AMOEUR>2.0.ZU;2-N
Abstract
The objective of this paper is to suggest a simple method to measure t he economic efficiency of firms using returns to scale, when there are no price data. The empirical application of the method has been demon strated with farm-level data from South India. (C) 1997 Elsevier Scien ce S.A.