A general framework for frontier estimation with panel data

Journal of Productivity Analysis

Volumn 7, Issue 2-3, 1996, Pages 187-212

  Kneip, Alois ^a   Simar, Léopold ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ CATHOLIQUE DE LOUVAIN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Dimensionality; Frontier estimation; Nonparametric stochastic models

Indexed keywords

EID: 21344455907     PISSN: 0895562X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF00157041     Document Type: Article

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