Linearly interpolated FDH efficiency score for nonconvex frontiers

Journal of Multivariate Analysis

Volumn 97, Issue 10, 2006, Pages 2141-2161

  Jeong, Seok Oh ^a   Simar, Léopold ^b  

^a Hankuk University of Foreign Studies   (South Korea)

^b UNIVERSITÉ CATHOLIQUE DE LOUVAIN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Bootstrapping FDH; Efficiency; Nonconvex monotone boundaries; Nonparametric frontiers

Indexed keywords

EID: 33749141931     PISSN: 0047259X     EISSN: 10957243     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmva.2005.12.006     Document Type: Article

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