A dual measure of economies of scope

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Journal: Economics Letters

Year: 2008

Volume: 100

Issue: 2

Pages: 185-188

Authors (3)

Hajargasht, Gholamreza (Swinburne University of Techno...) Coelli, Tim (not in RePEc) Rao, D.S. Prasada (University of Queensland)

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Abstract

A derivative-based measure of economies of scope is obtained by exploiting the duality between the shadow cost function and the input distance function. This is a useful measure when the econometric estimation of a cost function is not viable.

A dual measure of economies of scope

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