Formulation and estimation of stochastic frontier production function models

DOI10.1016/0304-4076(77)90052-5zbMath0366.90026OpenAlexW2033834012MaRDI QIDQ1242080

Peter Schmidt, C. A. Knox Lovell, Dennis J. Aigner

Publication date: 1977

Published in: Journal of Econometrics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1016/0304-4076(77)90052-5

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Applications of statistics to economics (62P20) Production theory, theory of the firm (91B38)

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