Parametric approximations of nonparametric frontiers

Journal of Econometrics

Volumn 124, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 91-116

  Florens, Jean Pierre ^a   Simar, Léopold ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE TOULOUSE   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ CATHOLIQUE DE LOUVAIN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Frontier; Nonparametric estimation; Production function

Indexed keywords

BENCHMARKING; CONVERGENCE OF NUMERICAL METHODS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; PROBABILITY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL METHODS; THEOREM PROVING;

FRONTIER; NONPARAMETRIC ESTIMATION; PRODUCTION FUNCTION; STATISTICAL THEORY;

APPROXIMATION THEORY;

EID: 9544240366     PISSN: 03044076     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jeconom.2004.02.012     Document Type: Article

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