Scale and efficiency measurement using a semiparametric stochastic frontier model: Evidence from the U.S. commercial banks

Empirical Economics

Volumn 34, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 585-602

  Kumbhakar, Subal C ^a   Tsionas, Efthymios G ^b  

^a BINGHAMTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b ATHENS UNIVERSITY OF ECONOMICS AND BUSINESS   (Greece)

Author keywords

Cost efficiency; Data envelopment analysis; Local maximum likelihood estimation; U.S. commercial bank

Indexed keywords

COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DATA ENVELOPMENT ANALYSIS; ECONOMETRICS; EFFICIENCY MEASUREMENT; ESTIMATION METHOD; MAXIMUM LIKELIHOOD ANALYSIS; STOCHASTICITY;

NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 44149100498     PISSN: 03777332     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00181-007-0137-2     Document Type: Article

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