Estimation and inference in two-stage, semi-parametric models of production processes

DOI10.1016/j.jeconom.2005.07.009zbMath1418.62535OpenAlexW2084660657MaRDI QIDQ278233

Léopold Simar, Paul W. Wilson

Publication date: 2 May 2016

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

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jeconom.2005.07.009

zbMATH Keywords

bootstrapdata envelopment analysisDEAnonparametrictechnical efficiencytwo-stage estimation

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Applications of statistics to economics (62P20) Management decision making, including multiple objectives (90B50) Production theory, theory of the firm (91B38)

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Uses Software

• bootstrap
• FRONTIER

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