Semiparametric Estimation of Stochastic Production Frontier Models

Fan, Yanqin; Li, Qi; Weersink, Alfons

doi:10.1080/07350015.1996.10524675

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“…We consider this relative robustness of MOLS with respect to ML as an attractive property, keeping in mind the present semiparametric setting. As mentioned in the introduction, Fan et al (1996) have earlier explored a parallel two-stage approach in the context of kernel estimation.…”

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“…An alternative way to estimate the standard deviations r u , r v is to apply the pseudolikelihood (PSL) method suggested by Fan et al (1996). Compared to the MM, PSL is potentially more efficient, but is computationally somewhat more demanding.…”

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“…The emerging literature on semi/ nonparametric stochastic frontier estimation has thus far mainly departed from the SFA side, replacing the parametric frontier function by a nonparametric specification that can be estimated by kernel regression or local maximum likelihood (ML) techniques. Fan et al (1996) and Kneip and Simar (1996) were among the first to apply kernel regression to frontier estimation in the cross-sectional and panel data contexts, respectively. Fan et al (1996) proposed a two-step method where the shape of the frontier is first estimated by kernel regression, and the conditional expected inefficiency is subsequently estimated based on the residuals, imposing the same distributional assumptions as in standard SFA.…”

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“…Fan et al (1996) and Kneip and Simar (1996) were among the first to apply kernel regression to frontier estimation in the cross-sectional and panel data contexts, respectively. Fan et al (1996) proposed a two-step method where the shape of the frontier is first estimated by kernel regression, and the conditional expected inefficiency is subsequently estimated based on the residuals, imposing the same distributional assumptions as in standard SFA. Kneip and Simar (1996) similarly use kernel regression for estimating the frontier, but they make use of panel data to avoid the distributional assumptions.…”

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“…The noise term is assumed to be symmetric, so the skewness of the regression residuals is attributed to the inefficiency term. Given the parametric distributional assumptions of the inefficiency and the noise terms, we can estimate the variance parameters by using the method of moments (Aigner et al 1977) or pseudolikelihood (Fan et al 1996) techniques. The conditional expected value of the inefficiency term can obtained by using the results of Jondrow et al (1982).…”

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Semiparametric Estimation of Stochastic Production Frontier Models

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