Stochastic non-smooth envelopment of data: semi-parametric frontier estimation subject to shape constraints
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Data envelopment analysis (DEA); Frontier estimation; Nonparametric least squares; Productive efficiency analysis; Stochastic frontier analysis (SFA); C14; C51; D24;JEL classification:
- C14 - Mathematical and Quantitative Methods - - Econometric and Statistical Methods and Methodology: General - - - Semiparametric and Nonparametric Methods: General
- C51 - Mathematical and Quantitative Methods - - Econometric Modeling - - - Model Construction and Estimation
- D24 - Microeconomics - - Production and Organizations - - - Production; Cost; Capital; Capital, Total Factor, and Multifactor Productivity; Capacity
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