A dynamic stochastic frontier production model with time-varying efficiency

Applied Economics Letters

Volumn 10, Issue 10, 2003, Pages 623-626

  Desli, Evangelia ^a   Ray, Subhash C ^b   Kumbhakar, Subal C ^c  

^a LLOYD'S OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

^c BINGHAMTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

TECHNICAL EFFICIENCY; TECHNOLOGICAL CHANGE;

EID: 0242318304     PISSN: 13504851     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/1350485032000133291     Document Type: Article

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