Quantile estimation of frontier production function

Empirical Economics

Volumn 29, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 373-381

  Bernini, Cristina ^a   Freo, Marzia ^a   Gardini, Attilio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Production function; Quantile regression; Semiparametric frontier model; Stochastic frontier model

Indexed keywords

ECONOMIC ANALYSIS; ESTIMATION METHOD; LEISURE INDUSTRY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

EURASIA; EUROPE; ITALY; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

EID: 2942575805     PISSN: 03777332     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00181-003-0173-5     Document Type: Article

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