Interpreting and testing the scaling property in models where inefficiency depends on firm characteristics

Journal of Productivity Analysis

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 201-212

  Alvarez, Antonio ^a   Amsler, Christine ^b   Orea, Luis ^a   Schmidt, Peter ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OVIEDO   (Spain)

^b MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Scaling property; Stochastic frontier model; Technical inefficiency

Indexed keywords

EID: 33745052654     PISSN: 0895562X     EISSN: 15730441     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11123-006-7639-3     Document Type: Review

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