A bias-corrected nonparametric envelopment estimator of frontiers

Econometric Theory

Volumn 25, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 1289-1318

  Bǎdin, Luiza ^a,b   Simar, Léopold ^c  

^a Institute for Food Chemistry   (Romania)

^b Applied Mathematics Romanian Academy

^c UNIVERSITÉ CATHOLIQUE DE LOUVAIN   (Belgium)

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EID: 74149093890     PISSN: 02664666     EISSN: 14694360     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0266466609090513     Document Type: Article

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