An Average Derivative Estimation of Stochastic Frontiers

Journal of Productivity Analysis

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 45-53

  Huang, Cliff J ^a   Fu, Tsu Tan ^b  

^a VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b INSTITUTE OF ECONOMICS   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Average derivative estimation; Efficiency measurement; Semiparametric stochastic frontier; Taiwan farmers' credit unions

Indexed keywords

EID: 0043080178     PISSN: 0895562X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1007851023468     Document Type: Article

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