A review and empirical comparison of bayesian and classical approaches to inference on efficiency levels in stochastic frontier models with panel data

Journal of Productivity Analysis

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 91-118

  Kim, Yangseon ^a   Schmidt, Peter ^a  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bayesian; Bootstrap; MCB; Stochastic space frontier

Indexed keywords

EID: 0034413820     PISSN: 0895562X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1007801006988     Document Type: Article

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