Nonparametric estimation of concave production technologies by entropic methods

Journal of Applied Econometrics

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 795-816

  Allon, Gad ^a   Beenstock, Michael ^b   Hackman, Steven ^c   Passy, Ury ^d   Shapiro, Alexander ^c  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

^c Georgia Institute of Technology   (United States)

^d TECHNION ISRAEL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Israel)

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EID: 34250888821     PISSN: 08837252     EISSN: 10991255     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jae.918     Document Type: Article

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