Technical efficiency in competing panel data models: A study of Norwegian grain farming

Journal of Productivity Analysis

Volumn 41, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 321-337

  Kumbhakar, Subal C ^a,b,c   Lien, Gudbrand ^c,d   Hardaker, J Brian ^e  

^a BINGHAMTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF STAVANGER   (Norway)

^c NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE OF BIOECONOMY RESEARCH   (Norway)

^d INLAND NORWAY UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES   (Norway)

^e UNIVERSITY OF NEW ENGLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Heterogeneity; Heteroskedasticity; Panel data; Persistent and residual technical inefficiency; Stochastic frontier models

Indexed keywords

EID: 84894745336     PISSN: 0895562X     EISSN: 15730441     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11123-012-0303-1     Document Type: Article

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