Explaining inefficiency in nonparametric production models: The state of the art

Annals of Operations Research

Volumn 214, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 5-30

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

^a INSTITUTE OF MATHEMATICAL STATISTICS AND APPLIED MATHEMATICS   (Romania)

^b SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITÉ CATHOLIQUE DE LOUVAIN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Bootstrap; Conditional efficiency; DEA; Mutual funds; Robust frontiers; Sub sampling; Two stage

Indexed keywords

EID: 84894358524     PISSN: 02545330     EISSN: 15729338     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10479-012-1173-7     Document Type: Article

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