Statistical inference for DEA estimators of directional distances

European Journal of Operational Research

Volumn 220, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 853-864

  Simar, Léopold ^a   Vanhems, Anne ^b   Wilson, Paul W ^c  

^a UNIVERSITÉ CATHOLIQUE DE LOUVAIN   (Belgium)

^b TOULOUSE BUSINESS SCHOOL   (France)

^c Bowling Green State University   (United States)

Author keywords

Bootstrap; Data envelopment analysis; Directional distances; Efficiency; Non parametric frontier estimation; Productivity

Indexed keywords

BIAS CORRECTION; BOOTSTRAP; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; DIRECTIONAL DATA; DIRECTIONAL DISTANCE FUNCTION; DIRECTIONAL DISTANCES; EFFICIENCY ANALYSIS; EFFICIENT FRONTIER; FINANCIAL DATA; FREE DISPOSAL HULLS; FRONTIER ESTIMATION; INPUT AND OUTPUTS; NONPARAMETRIC METHODS; PRODUCTION UNITS; STATISTICAL INFERENCE; STATISTICAL PROPERTIES; TECHNICAL EFFICIENCY;

DATA ENVELOPMENT ANALYSIS; EFFICIENCY; ESTIMATION; PRODUCTIVITY;

STATISTICAL METHODS;

EID: 84859754340     PISSN: 03772217     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejor.2012.02.030     Document Type: Article

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