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STOCHASTIC FRONTIER ANALYSIS OF NEW ZEALAND'S MANUFACTURING INDUSTRIES: SOME EMPIRICAL RESULTS [PDF]

This paper examines the sources of total factor productivity growth (TFP) in New Zealand's manufacturing industries over the period 1978-98 and over various sub-periods. Examination of the data adopts two stages using a stochastic frontier approach.
Xayavong, Vilaphonh, Gounder, Rukmani
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U.S. Agricultural Export Potential with South Asian, Southeast Asian, and Southern African Countries: A Stochastic Frontier Gravity Model Approach

Journal of Agricultural and Applied Economics
Abstract We analyzed the determinants and potential of U.S. agricultural exports to South Asian, Southeast Asian, and Southern African countries by employing a stochastic frontier gravity model. Our estimated results suggest that importers’ GDP, institutional quality, globalization level, and participation in Trade and Investment ...
Tanmoy Kumar Ghose, Darren Hudson, Stephen Devadoss   +2 more
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Technical Efficiency of Pakistan s Manufacturing Sector: A Stochastic Frontier and Data Envelopment Analysis [PDF]

This paper examines the efficiency of the large-scale manufacturing sector of Pakistan using parametric as well as non-parametric frontier techniques.
Ejaz Ghani, Musleh-ud Din, Tariq Mahmood
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Does institutional openness improve the trade efficiency of China’s agricultural products imported from Central Asian countries? A time-varying stochastic frontier gravity model

Frontiers in Sustainable Food Systems
IntroductionInstitutional openness is becoming increasingly important for agricultural trade between China and Central Asian countries.MethodsThis study employs a time-varying stochastic frontier gravity model to investigate the influence of ...
Fangfang Cao, Xiande Li, Zhexi Zhang
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Estimation of semiparametric stochastic frontiers under shape constraints with application to pollution generating technologies [PDF]

A number of studies have explored the semi- and nonparametric estimation of stochastic frontier models by using kernel regression or other nonparametric smoothing techniques. In contrast to popular deterministic nonparametric estimators, these approaches
Kortelainen, Mika
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A Stochastic Frontier Analysis of Output Level and Growth in Poland and Western Economies [PDF]

This paper uses Bayesian stochastic frontier methods to measure the productivity gap between Poland and Western countries that existed before the beginning of the main Polish economic reform.
Osiewalski, J., Koop, G., Steel, M.F.J.
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On estimating the effectiveness of resources. A local maximum likelihood frontier approach on care for students [PDF]

To study education as a complex production process in a noisy and heterogeneous setting, this paper suggests to using a stochastic frontier model estimated by a local maximum likelihood approach (LMLSF). The LMLSF smoothly combines the virtues of the non-
De Witte, K., Verschelde, M.
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On measuring indebtedness of African countries: A stochastic frontier debt production function [PDF]

At least since the early 1990s, the problem of Africa’s debt was a recurring theme in the development debate and many suggestions for debt relief have now been implemented.
Nkamleu, Guy Blaise
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Energy demand and energy efficiency in the OECD countries: a stochastic demand frontier approach [PDF]

This paper attempts to estimate a panel ‘frontier’ whole economy aggregate energy demand function for 29 countries over the period 1978 to 2006 using stochastic frontier analysis (SFA).
Lester Hunt, Massimo Filippini
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Impact of Entry and Exit on Agribusiness-Trucking Industry Efficiency: Stochastic Frontier Analysis [PDF]

In this paper, the impact of entry and exit of firms on the overall efficiency of the industry is examined in the efficiency framework, using agribusiness-trucking firms for the period 1994-2003.
Allen, Albert J., Shaik, Saleem
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