Choosing the technical efficiency orientation to analyze firms' technology: A model selection test approach

Journal of Productivity Analysis

Volumn 22, Issue 1-2, 2004, Pages 51-71

  Orea, Luis ^a   Roibás, David ^a   Wall, Alan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OVIEDO   (Spain)

Author keywords

Cost frontier; Non nested hypothesis testing; Technical efficiency; Vuong test

Indexed keywords

EID: 3242676315     PISSN: 0895562X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/b:prod.0000034691.84524.b2     Document Type: Article

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