Stochastic Frontier Analysis: Foundations and Advances I Page 1 Stochastic Frontier
Analysis: Foundations and Advances I Subal C. Kumbhakar, Christopher F. Parmeter, and …

In this paper recent developments in the estimation of frontier functions and the
measurement of efficiency are surveyed, and the potential applicability of these methods in …

It is widely accepted that technological innovation reduces energy intensity and carbon
emissions without compromising global economic growth. Although new innovative …

This paper attempts to analyze the variations in technical efficiency of the individual farmers
of distinct (small, medium and large) size of land holdings and different types (family and …

A Practitioner's Guide to Stochastic Frontier Analysis Using Stata provides practitioners in
academia and industry with a step-by-step guide on how to conduct efficiency analysis using …

Productivity growth is essential for food security and sustainable development of agriculture.
Since rice is a major staple food in China, understanding factors affecting the performance of …

This article describes sfcross and sfpanel, two new Stata commands for the estimation of
cross-sectional and panel-data stochastic frontier models. sfcross extends the capabilities of …

The second edition of this book has been written for the same audience as the first edition. It
is designed to be a" first port of call" for people wishing to study efficiency and productivity …

Frontier production functions are important for the prediction of technical efficiencies of
individual firms in an industry. A stochastic frontier production function model for panel data …

This paper examines several extensions of the stochastic frontier that account for
unmeasured heterogeneity as well as firm inefficiency. The fixed effects model is extended …