Stochastic Frontier Analysis using Stata

This article describes sfcross and sfpanel, two new Stata commands for the estimation of cross-sectional and panel-data stochastic frontier models. sfcross extends the capabilities of the frontier command by including additional models (Greene, 2003, Journal of Productivity Analysis 19: 179–190; Wan...

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Published in:The Stata journal 2013-12, Vol.13 (4), p.719-758
Main Authors: Belotti, Federico, Daidone, Silvio, Ilardi, Giuseppe, Atella, Vincenzo
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