Bayesian measurement of productivity and efficiency in the presence of undesirable outputs: crediting electric utilities for reducing air pollution

DOI10.1016/j.jeconom.2004.05.009zbMath1334.62205OpenAlexW2116182504MaRDI QIDQ262776

Jeffrey H. Dorfman, Scott E. Atkinson

Publication date: 30 March 2016

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

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jeconom.2004.05.009

zbMATH Keywords

generalized method of momentsGibbs samplingdistance functionsproductivity changetechnical efficiency rankings

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Applications of statistics to economics (62P20) Bayesian inference (62F15) Statistical methods; economic indices and measures (91B82)

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