One-step and two-step estimation of the effects of exogenous variables on technical efficiency levels

Journal of Productivity Analysis

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 129-144

  Wang, Hung Jen ^a   Schmidt, Peter ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF ECONOMICS   (Taiwan)

^b MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Stochastic frontiers; Technical efficiency

Indexed keywords

EID: 0141451858     PISSN: 0895562X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1016565719882     Document Type: Article

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