Advanced robust and nonparametric methods in efficiency analysis. Methodology and applications

zbMATH Open1149.91003MaRDI QIDQ3428867FDOQ3428867

Authors: Cinzia Daraio, Léopold Simar 

Publication date: 29 March 2007

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zbMATH Keywords

efficiency analysismutual fundsbootstrap techniqueseconometric methodologyinsurance industryItalian motor-vehicle sectorpartial frontier estimationspublic research systemrobust and nonparametric methods

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Statistical methods; economic indices and measures (91B82) Research exposition (monographs, survey articles) pertaining to game theory, economics, and finance (91-02)

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