On directional scale elasticities
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Keywords
Scale elasticity; Technology; Radial distance function; Hyperbolic distance function; Directional distance function; Cost function; D21; D24;All these keywords.
JEL classification:
- D21 - Microeconomics - - Production and Organizations - - - Firm Behavior: Theory
- D24 - Microeconomics - - Production and Organizations - - - Production; Cost; Capital; Capital, Total Factor, and Multifactor Productivity; Capacity
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