Estimation of technical and allocative inefficiency: A primal system approach

Journal of Econometrics

Volumn 134, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 419-440

  Kumbhakar, Subal C ^a   Wang, Hung Jen ^b  

^a BINGHAMTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b INSTITUTE OF ECONOMICS   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Cost and production functions; Cost and production systems; Returns to scale; Technical change

Indexed keywords

DATA REDUCTION; ELECTRIC MANUFACTURING PLANTS; FUNCTIONS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; OPTIMIZATION; RANDOM ERRORS;

COST AND PRODUCTION FUNCTIONS; COST AND PRODUCTION SYSTEMS; RETURNS TO SCALE; TECHNICAL CHANGE;

COSTS;

EID: 33747872895     PISSN: 03044076     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jeconom.2005.07.001     Document Type: Article

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