Inferences from cross-sectional, stochastic frontier models

Econometric Reviews

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 62-98

  Simar, Léopold ^a   Wilson, Paul W ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ CATHOLIQUE DE LOUVAIN   (Belgium)

^b Bowling Green State University   (United States)

Author keywords

Bagging; Bootstrap; Efficiency; Inference; Stochastic frontier

Indexed keywords

EID: 77950978658     PISSN: 07474938     EISSN: 15324168     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/07474930903324523     Document Type: Article

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