Non-parametric tests of returns to scale

DOI10.1016/S0377-2217(01)00167-9zbMath1132.62323WikidataQ127633563 ScholiaQ127633563MaRDI QIDQ1600958

Paul W. Wilson, Léopold Simar

Publication date: 16 June 2002

Published in: European Journal of Operational Research (Search for Journal in Brave)

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Nonparametric hypothesis testing (62G10) Nonparametric statistical resampling methods (62G09)

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Uses Software

• bootstrap

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