Nonparametric stochastic frontiers: a local maximum likelihood approach

DOI10.1016/j.jeconom.2006.03.006zbMath1360.62131OpenAlexW2007481762MaRDI QIDQ278488

Subal C. Kumbhakar, Léopold Simar, Efthymios G. Tsionas, Byeong U. Park

Publication date: 2 May 2016

Published in: Journal of Econometrics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jeconom.2006.03.006

zbMATH Keywords

bankingnonparametriclocal maximum likelihoodstochastic cost frontier

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Applications of statistics to economics (62P20) Asymptotic properties of nonparametric inference (62G20) Nonparametric estimation (62G05)

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