Theoretical perspectives of trade-off analysis using DEA

Mette Asmild; Joseph C. Paradi; David N. Reese

doi:10.1016/j.omega.2004.11.002

Theoretical perspectives of trade-off analysis using DEA

Mette Asmild, Joseph C. Paradi^*, David N. Reese

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Abstract

Because of the piecewise linear nature of the frontier in data envelopment analysis (DEA), estimated marginal rates of substitution are only valid for infinitesimal, or small finite, changes in one or more variables. Analysing the impacts of very small changes is not adequate for many situations, where the consequences of substantial changes in variables are of interest to for instance managers. This paper develops methods for evaluating larger, i.e. non-marginal, tradeoffs between variables in DEA. The methods are capable of handling both scalar and additive changes. Finally, the approaches for evaluating basic pairwise tradeoffs are generalised in order to enable assessment of the impact on one or more throughputs of the change in one or more of the other throughputs.

Original language	English
Journal	Omega
Volume	34
Issue number	4
Pages (from-to)	337-343
Number of pages	7
ISSN	0305-0483
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.omega.2004.11.002
Publication status	Published - 2006
Externally published	Yes

Keywords

Data envelopment analysis (DEA)
Marginal
Non-marginal
Rates of substitution
Trade-off

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Theoretical perspectives of trade-off analysis using DEA

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