Non-parametric tests of productive efficiency with errors-in-variables

Journal of Econometrics

Volumn 136, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 131-162

  Kuosmanen, Timo ^a   Post, Thierry ^b   Scholtes, Stefan ^c  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b ERASMUS UNIVERSITY ROTTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Data envelopment analysis (DEA); Errors in variables; Extreme value theory; Hypothesis testing; Non parametric production analysis

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DATA REDUCTION; EFFICIENCY; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; REAL TIME SYSTEMS; STATISTICAL MECHANICS;

DATA ENVELOPMENT ANALYSIS (DEA); ERRORS-IN-VARIABLES; EXTREME VALUE THEORY; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; NON-PARAMETRIC PRODUCTION ANALYSIS;

ERROR ANALYSIS;

EID: 33748611624     PISSN: 03044076     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jeconom.2005.08.003     Document Type: Article

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