Comparison of bayesian models for production efficiency

Journal of Applied Statistics

Volumn 38, Issue 11, 2011, Pages 2433-2443

  Ehlers, Ricardo S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Bayesian approach; Gibbs sampler; Markov chain monte carlo; Model comparison; Production function

Indexed keywords

EID: 80053178932     PISSN: 02664763     EISSN: 13600532     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02664763.2011.559203     Document Type: Article

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