| Article ID: | iaor2001108 |
| Country: | United States |
| Volume: | 46 |
| Issue: | 1 |
| Start Page Number: | 167 |
| End Page Number: | 168 |
| Publication Date: | Jan 2000 |
| Journal: | Management Science |
| Authors: | Fre Rolf, Grosskopf Shawna |
In a recent note, John McDonald gave an example that shows that if technical efficiency à la Farrell is decomposed into a scale and a congestion component, the order in which the decomposition is done is critical for the outcome of the measures. This is an important observation that we should have addressed earlier.