The measurement of production efficiency in scientific journals through stochastic frontier analysis models: Application to quantitative economics journals
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DOI: 10.1016/j.joi.2013.09.004
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Production; Productivity; Efficiency; Scientific production; Frontier production models;All these keywords.
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- C46 - Mathematical and Quantitative Methods - - Econometric and Statistical Methods: Special Topics - - - Specific Distributions
- C51 - Mathematical and Quantitative Methods - - Econometric Modeling - - - Model Construction and Estimation
- D24 - Microeconomics - - Production and Organizations - - - Production; Cost; Capital; Capital, Total Factor, and Multifactor Productivity; Capacity
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