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directional distance function: a standalone construct

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Efficiency and productivity analysis

a measure of how far a producer can expand outputs and contract inputs along a chosen direction to reach the frontier.

In efficiency and productivity analysis, directional distance function refers to a measure of how far a producer can expand outputs and contract inputs along a chosen direction to reach the frontier. This meaning comes from Chambers (1996) in Journal of Economic Theory.[1]

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References

Chambers, R. G., Chung, Y., & Färe, R. (1996). Benefit and Distance Functions. Journal of Economic Theory, 70(2), 407-419. https://doi.org/10.1006/jeth.1996.0096

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