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A Homothetic Data Generated Technology

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  • Antonio Peyrache

    (School of Economics and Centre for Efficiency and Productivity Analysis (CEPA) at The University of Queensland, Australia)

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In this paper I propose a method for constructing an enlargement of a variable returns to scale (VRS) data generated production technology that will satisfy homotheticity. The method can be used both with convex and non-convex technologies and both in the single output and multiple output setting. The method is computationally fast, therefore it provides a tool that can be used on large datasets. An empirical illustration is provided based on a dataset of Italian courts of justice

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  • Antonio Peyrache, 2022. "A Homothetic Data Generated Technology," CEPA Working Papers Series WP042022, School of Economics, University of Queensland, Australia.
    • Handle: RePEc:qld:uqcepa:176
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    Keywords

    Input Homotheticity; Output Homotheticity; DEA; FDH; Efficiency;
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    • Q54 - Agricultural and Natural Resource Economics; Environmental and Ecological Economics - - Environmental Economics - - - Climate; Natural Disasters and their Management; Global Warming
    • Q56 - Agricultural and Natural Resource Economics; Environmental and Ecological Economics - - Environmental Economics - - - Environment and Development; Environment and Trade; Sustainability; Environmental Accounts and Accounting; Environmental Equity; Population Growth

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