Estimating variable returns to scale production frontiers with alternative stochastic assumptions

Journal of Econometrics

Volumn 126, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 385-409

  Griffiths, William E ^a   O'Donnell, Christopher J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Efficiency rankings; Firm efficiencies; Gibbs' sampling

Indexed keywords

ERROR ANALYSIS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MEASUREMENT THEORY; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; PROBABILITY DISTRIBUTIONS; RANDOM PROCESSES; VECTORS;

EFFICIENCY RANKINGS; FIRM EFFICIENCIES; GIBBS SAMPLING; STOCHASTIC ERRORS;

PRODUCTION ENGINEERING;

EID: 14844337909     PISSN: 03044076     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jeconom.2004.05.007     Document Type: Article

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