Ranking production units according to marginal efficiency contribution

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Ranking production units according to marginal efficiency contribution. / Ghiyasi, Mojtaba; Hougaard, Jens Leth.

Department of Food and Resource Economics, University of Copenhagen, 2014.

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Ghiyasi, M & Hougaard, JL 2014 'Ranking production units according to marginal efficiency contribution' Department of Food and Resource Economics, University of Copenhagen. <http://econpapers.repec.org/RePEc:foi:msapwp:04_2014>

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Ghiyasi, M., & Hougaard, J. L. (2014). Ranking production units according to marginal efficiency contribution. Department of Food and Resource Economics, University of Copenhagen. MSAP Working Paper Series No. 04/2014 http://econpapers.repec.org/RePEc:foi:msapwp:04_2014

Vancouver

Ghiyasi M, Hougaard JL. Ranking production units according to marginal efficiency contribution. Department of Food and Resource Economics, University of Copenhagen. 2014.

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Ghiyasi, Mojtaba ; Hougaard, Jens Leth. / Ranking production units according to marginal efficiency contribution. Department of Food and Resource Economics, University of Copenhagen, 2014. (MSAP Working Paper Series; No. 04/2014).

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