Abstract
Carlos Martins-Filho of University of Colorado and IFPRI reviews, “Estimation and Inference in Nonparametric Frontier Models: Recent Developments and Perspectives” by Leopold Simar and Paul W. Wilson. The Econlit abstract of this book begins: “Presents recent developments in, and perspectives on, estimation and inference in nonparametric frontier models. Discusses nonparametric statistical models of production—combining economics and statistics; the nonparametric envelopment estimators; bootstrap inference using data envelopment analysis and free disposal hull estimators; robust order-m estimators; robust order-α estimators; outlier detection; explaining inefficiency; and unanswered questions, promising ideas. Simar is at the Catholic University of Louvain. Wilson is at Clemson University.”
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