Daraio, Cinzia (contributor); Simar, Léopold (contributor) - 2003 - [Elektronische Ressource]
This paper proposes a general formulation of a nonparametric frontier model introducingexternal environmental factors … nonparametric estimators. Finally, a simple methodology to investigatethe influence of these external factors on the production … the usefulness of the approach. -- production function ; frontier ; nonparametric estimation ; environmental factors …