Optimal bandwidth selection for conditional efficiency measures: A data-driven approach

European Journal of Operational Research

Volumn 201, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 633-640

  Bǎdin, Luiza ^a   Daraio, Cinzia ^b   Simar, Léopold ^c,d  

^a INSTITUTE OF MATHEMATICAL STATISTICS AND APPLIED MATHEMATICS   (Romania)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITÉ CATHOLIQUE DE LOUVAIN   (Belgium)

^d UNIVERSITÉ DE TOULOUSE   (France)

Author keywords

Bandwidth; Conditional distribution function; Conditional efficiency measures; Environmental factors; Nonparametric efficiency estimation

Indexed keywords

ALTERNATIVE APPROACH; ASYMPTOTIC PROPERTIES; BANDWIDTH SELECTIONS; CONDITIONAL DISTRIBUTION; CONDITIONAL DISTRIBUTION FUNCTION; CONDITIONAL EFFICIENCY MEASURES; CONDITIONAL MEASURES; CROSS VALIDATION; DATA-DRIVEN; DATA-DRIVEN APPROACH; EFFICIENCY MEASURE; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTORS; ENVIRONMENTAL VARIABLES; LEAST SQUARE; MUTUAL FUNDS; NON-PARAMETRIC; NONPARAMETRIC EFFICIENCY ESTIMATION; NONPARAMETRIC ESTIMATORS; NONPARAMETRIC FRONTIER; OPTIMAL METHODS; PROBABILISTIC APPROACHES; PRODUCTION PROCESS; PRODUCTIVITY ANALYSIS; SIMULATED DATA; SMOOTHING PARAMETER; SQUARED ERRORS; STATISTICAL PROPERTIES; UNIVARIATE;

ASYMPTOTIC ANALYSIS; DISTRIBUTION FUNCTIONS; ESTIMATION; INVESTMENTS; OPTIMIZATION; PRODUCTION ENGINEERING; PRODUCTIVITY;

BANDWIDTH;

EID: 70349281492     PISSN: 03772217     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejor.2009.03.038     Document Type: Article

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