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A directional distance function approach to void the non-Archimedean in DEAFootnote

Rolf FäreDepartment of Economics, Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR, USA;AREC at University of Maryland, Baltimore, MD, USA
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Vincent CharlesBuckingham Business School, University of Buckingham, Buckingham, UK;CENTRUM Cato′lica Graduate Business School, Pontificia Universidad Cato′lica del Peru′, Lima, PeruCorrespondence[email protected]
Pages 772-775 | Received 11 Jun 2015, Accepted 02 Jun 2017, Published online: 16 Jan 2018

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