Formulation and estimation of stochastic frontier production function models

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Year: 1977
Type: article
Volume: 6
Issue: 1
Pages: 21-37
Citations: 9898
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                                    Dennis J. Aigner, 
                                
                                    C. A. Knox Lovell, 
                                
                                    Peter Schmidt
                                
                            (1977). 
                            Formulation and estimation of stochastic frontier production function models. 
                            Journal of Econometrics
                            , 6
                            (1)
                            , 21-37.
                            https://doi.org/10.1016/0304-4076(77)90052-5

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DOI: 10.1016/0304-4076(77)90052-5