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Bayesian efficiency analysis through individual effects: Hospital cost frontiers

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  • KOOP, G.
  • OSIEWALSKI, J.
  • STEEL, M. F. J.

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  • Koop, G. & Osiewalski, J. & Steel, M. F. J., 1997. "Bayesian efficiency analysis through individual effects: Hospital cost frontiers," LIDAM Reprints CORE 1245, Université catholique de Louvain, Center for Operations Research and Econometrics (CORE).
    • Handle: RePEc:cor:louvrp:1245
    DOI: 10.1016/0304-4076(95)01783-6
    Note: In : Journal of Econometrics, 76, 77-105, 1997
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