Abstract Persian carpet has been known as one of the most prominent manifestations of Iranian art and culture over years, and has always had a unique position in the export basket of Iran. This art possesses a significant share of the value of non-oil exports.
Nooshin Khani Garie Gapy +2 more
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A Methodological Note on a Stochastic Frontier Model for the Analysis of the Effects of Quality of Irrigation Water on Crop Yields [PDF]
A stochastic frontier model is proposed for analysis of crop yields, which considers the effects of differing quality of irrigation water, in addition to different inputs and factors associated with technical inefficiency of production. The parameters of
George E. Battese
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The Export Efficiency of Vietnam After 40 Years of Doi Moi Reforms
Asia & the Pacific Policy StudiesAfter 40 years of Doi Moi reforms, Vietnam has emerged as a leading exporter in labour‐intensive industries, including manufacturing. However, a crucial question remains whether these reforms, through improvements in infrastructure and institutions, have
Raghuvir Kelkar, Kaliappa Kalirajan
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The informativeness of stochastic frontier and programming frontier efficiency scores: Cost efficiency and other measures of bank holding company performance [PDF]
This paper examines the properties of the X-inefficiencies in U.S. bank holding companies derived from both stochastic and linear programming frontiers. This examination allows the robustness of results across methods to be compared.
Gary D. Ferrier +2 more
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Estimation of Efficiency with the Stochastic Frontier Cost Function and Heteroscedasticity: A Monte Carlo Study [PDF]
The objective of this article is to address heteroscedasticity in the stochastic frontier cost function using aggregated data and verify it using a Monte Carlo study.
Kenkel, Philip L. +2 more
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Productivity of Nations: a stochastic frontier approach to TFP decomposition [PDF]
This paper tackles the problem of aggregate TFP measurement using stochastic frontier analysis (SFA). Data from Penn World Table 6.1 are used to estimate a world production frontier for a sample of 75 countries over a long period (1950-2000) taking ...
Jorge Oliveira Pires, Fernando Garcia
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Technology shape, distance to frontier, or frontier shift? Modeling the determinants of TFP growth [PDF]
We investigate the determinants of TFP growth of Italian manufacturing firms. Using stochastic frontier techniques, we consider three approaches to take into account the influence of external factors, i.e., the determinants of growth.
Angelo Zago, Camilla Mastromarco
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US Residential Energy Demand and Energy Efficiency: A Stochastic Demand Frontier Approach [PDF]
This paper estimates a US ‘frontier’ residential aggregate energy demand function using panel data for 48 ‘states’ over the period 1995 to 2006 using stochastic frontier analysis (SFA). Utilizing an econometric energy demand model, the (in) efficiency of
Massimo Filippini, Lester C Hunt
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Identification of Segments of French Urban Public Transport with a Latent Class Frontier Model [PDF]
This paper analyses technical efficiency of French urban public transport from 1995 to 2002 with unbalanced panel data. The latent class frontier model is used allowing the identification of different segments in the production frontier.
Carlos Barros, William Roy
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Bank Efficiency in Transitional Countries: Sensitivity to Stochastic Frontier Design [PDF]
This article provides an empirical insight on the heterogeneity in the estimates of banking efficiency produced by the stochastic frontier ap- proach.
Zuzana Irsova
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