This paper surveys four distinct approaches to frontier estimation of multi-output (and simultaneously multi-input) technologies, when nothing but noisy quantity data are available. Parametrized distributions for inefficiency and noise are necessary for identification of inefficiency, when only cross-sectional data are available. In other respects suitable techniques may differ widely, as is shown. A final technique presented rigorously exploits the possibilities from panel-data by dropping parametrization of distributions as well as functional forms. It is illustrated how this last technique can be coupled with the others to provide a state-of-the-art estimation procedure for this setting. (author's abstract) / Series: Department of Economics Working Paper Series
Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:VIENNA/oai:epub.wu-wien.ac.at:epub-wu-01_164 |
Date | January 1998 |
Creators | Gstach, Dieter |
Publisher | Inst. fĂĽr Volkswirtschaftstheorie und -politik, WU Vienna University of Economics and Business |
Source Sets | Wirtschaftsuniversität Wien |
Language | English |
Detected Language | English |
Type | Paper, NonPeerReviewed |
Format | application/pdf |
Relation | http://epub.wu.ac.at/1282/ |
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