Estimation of Inefficiency using a Firm-specific Frontier Model
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Keywords
stochastic frontier model; skew-normal distribution; identification; EM algorithm; Monte Carlo simulation.;All these keywords.
JEL classification:
- C15 - Mathematical and Quantitative Methods - - Econometric and Statistical Methods and Methodology: General - - - Statistical Simulation Methods: General
- C21 - Mathematical and Quantitative Methods - - Single Equation Models; Single Variables - - - Cross-Sectional Models; Spatial Models; Treatment Effect Models
- C51 - Mathematical and Quantitative Methods - - Econometric Modeling - - - Model Construction and Estimation
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This paper has been announced in the following NEP Reports:- NEP-ECM-2013-04-20 (Econometrics)
- NEP-EFF-2013-04-20 (Efficiency and Productivity)
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