sfa-package: Fitting stochastic frontier analysis models
Description
sfa is used to fit stochastic frontier analysis models.Details
ll{
Package: sfa
Type: Package
Version: 0.1-0
Date: 2010-08-09
License: GPL-2
}
The package implements stochastic frontier analysis models
as introduced by Aigner et al. (1977) and Battese and Coelli (1992, 1995).References
Aigner, D. and Lovell, C.A.K. and Schmidt, P. (1977).
Formulation and estimation of stochastic frontier production function models. Journal of Econometrics
6, 21--37.
Battese, G.E. and Coelli, T.J. (1992).
Frontier production functions, technical efficiency and panel data: with application to paddy farmers in India. Journal of productivity analysis
3, 153--169.
Battese, G.E. and Coelli, T.J. (1995).
A model for technical inefficiency effects in a stochastic frontier production function for panel data. Empirical economics
20, 325--332.
Jondrow, J. and Lovell, C.A.K. and Materov, I.S. and Schmidt, P. (1982).
On the estimation of technical inefficiency in the stochastic frontier production function model. Journal of Econometrics
19, 233--238.