Dealing with small samples and dimensionality issues in data envelopment analysis
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Keywords
Data envelopment analysis; Data generation process; Random data; Bootstrap; Bias correction; Efficiency;All these keywords.
JEL classification:
- C14 - Mathematical and Quantitative Methods - - Econometric and Statistical Methods and Methodology: General - - - Semiparametric and Nonparametric Methods: General
- C15 - Mathematical and Quantitative Methods - - Econometric and Statistical Methods and Methodology: General - - - Statistical Simulation Methods: General
- C1 - Mathematical and Quantitative Methods - - Econometric and Statistical Methods and Methodology: General
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This paper has been announced in the following NEP Reports:- NEP-ECM-2012-06-13 (Econometrics)
- NEP-EFF-2012-06-13 (Efficiency and Productivity)
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