Temporal patterns of technical efficiency: Results from competing models

International Journal of Industrial Organization

Volumn 15, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 597-616

  Kumbhakar, Subal C ^a   Heshmati, Almas ^b   Hjalmarsson, Lennart ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Cement industry; Panel data; Productive efficiency; Stochastic frontiers; Time varying efficiency

Indexed keywords

EID: 0031483602     PISSN: 01677187     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0167-7187(96)01053-3     Document Type: Article

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