This paper employs a fully nonparametric stochastic frontier model with time and individual effects to study technical efficiency in China's post-reform economy. The panel data cover China's thirty provinces for the period of 1985-2008. The empirical results show that the average output...

Evidences from nonparametric and semiparametric unbalanced panel data models with fixed effects show that Kuznets' inverted-U relationship is confirmed when economic development reaches a threshold. The model tests justify semiparametric specification. The integrated net contribution of control...

This paper studies the income inequality and economic development relationship by using unbalanced panel data of OECD and non-OECD countries (regions) for the period 1962-2003. The nonparametric estimation results show that income inequality in OECD countries is almost on the backside of the...

This article uses a nonparametric varying coefficient panel data model to study the convergence of real GDP per capita among 120 world economies for the sample period of 1980-2010. The estimates show that the indirect contribution of initial income via the control variables is important. The...

This paper contributes to the globalization debate by studying the overall growth effect from a total of 27 openness and indigenous factors. The 1998-2005 data covered 122 economies. The nonparametric estimation results of a two-way random effects model show that both openness and indigeneity...

This paper studies the income inequality and economic development relationship by using unbalanced panel data of OECD and non-OECD countries for the period 1962-2003. The nonparametric estimation results show that income inequality in OECD countries are almost on the backside of the inverted-U...