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The “wrong skewnessâ€Ω problem in stochastic frontier models: A new approach

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  • Manner, Hans
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  • Hafner, Christian & Manner, Hans & Simar, Leopold, 2015. "The “wrong skewnessâ€Ω problem in stochastic frontier models: A new approach," LIDAM Discussion Papers ISBA 2015006, Université catholique de Louvain, Institute of Statistics, Biostatistics and Actuarial Sciences (ISBA).
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