A MULTI-PRODUCT VERSION OF THE DEA+ METHOD

• Authors: Artur Prędki
• Languages of publication: EN

Abstracts

EN

The paper presents the DEA+ method as a tool for estimating the production function and the measure of technical efficiency in data points. A multi-product case is considered. Presentation of the underlying semiparametric frontier model is followed by demonstration of the very algorithm of DEA+ and a discussion of its validity. Finally, the method is illustrated with an empirical example with selected model distributions for each random variable constituting the composed error.

Keywords

EN

DEA+; semiparametric frontier model; production function; technical efficiency

• Publisher: Katedra Ekonometrii i Statystyki, Szkoła Główna Gospodarstwa Wiejskiego w Warszawie
• Journal: Metody Ilościowe w Badaniach Ekonomicznych
• Year: 2014
• Volume: 15
• Issue: 2
• Pages: 317-329

Dates

published

2014

Contributors

author

Artur Prędki

• Department of Econometrics and Operational Research Cracow University of Economics

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