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  1. Rolf Färe

    Present address: Department of Economics, Southern Illinois University at Carbondale, 62901, Carbondale, IL, USA

  2. Shawna Grosskopf

    Present address: Department of Economics, Southern Illinois University at Carbondale, 62901, Carbondale, IL, USA

  3. C. A. Knox Lovell

    Present address: Department of Economics, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC, USA

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    The authors are grateful to a referee whose suggestions shortened the paper and sharpened its focus.

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    Färe, R., Grosskopf, S. & Lovell, C.A.K. Scale economies and duality. Zeitschr. f. Nationalökonomie 46, 175–182 (1986). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01229228

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