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Title: | Econometric Analysis of Firm-level Production Data |
Authors: | Kealey, John |
Advisor: | Racine, Jeffrey |
Department: | Economics |
Keywords: | stochastic frontier;robust frontier;firm-level productivity;semiparametric and nonparametric estimation;production function |
Publication Date: | Nov-2016 |
Abstract: | In this dissertation, I explore a variety of methods for the econometric analysis of firm-level production data. Three distinct approaches are considered, namely i) proxy variable methods of controlling for unobservable productivity, ii) data envelopment techniques for estimating the boundary of a production set, and iii) stochastic frontier methods for estimating the productive inefficiency of firms. Much of the focus is on semiparametric and nonparametric estimators that allow for a highly flexible specification of the function that relates input combinations to output quantities. |
URI: | http://hdl.handle.net/11375/20622 |
Appears in Collections: | Open Access Dissertations and Theses |
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