Stochastic estimation of cost frontier: Evidence from Bangladesh

Education Economics

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 211-227

  Mamun, Shamsul Arifeen Khan ^a  

^a BEIJING NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Bangladesh; random effects model; ray economies of scale and scope; stochastic cost function

Indexed keywords

DEMAND ANALYSIS; DEVELOPING WORLD; EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; ESTIMATION METHOD; HIGHER EDUCATION; PANEL DATA; PRODUCTION COST; STOCHASTICITY;

BANGLADESH;

EID: 84859328614     PISSN: 09645292     EISSN: 14695782     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09645292.2010.494836     Document Type: Article

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