On the accuracy of bootstrap confidence intervals for efficiency levels in stochastic frontier models with panel data

Journal of Productivity Analysis

Volumn 28, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 165-181

  Kim, Myungsup ^a   Kim, Yangseon ^b   Schmidt, Peter ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH TEXAS   (United States)

^b Research and Economic Analysis Division   (United States)

^c MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bootstrap; Efficiency; Stochastic frontier

Indexed keywords

EID: 34848902417     PISSN: 0895562X     EISSN: 15730441     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11123-007-0058-2     Document Type: Article

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