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Working Papers

2020

1. The Optimal Use of Management
   Working Papers, Rice University, Department of Economics View citations (1)
   See also Journal Article The optimal use of management, Economic Inquiry, Western Economic Association International (2021) (2021)

2018

2. Nonparametric Estimates of the Clean and Dirty Energy Substitutability
   MPRA Paper, University Library of Munich, Germany View citations (6)
   See also Journal Article Nonparametric estimates of the clean and dirty energy substitutability, Economics Letters, Elsevier (2018) View citations (6) (2018)

2014

3. More Is Better! What Can Firm-Specific Estimates of the Impact of Institutional Quality on Performance Tell Us?
   IZA Discussion Papers, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA) View citations (1)

2013

4. Are U.S. Commercial Banks Too Big?
   Documentos de Trabajo de Valor Público, Universidad EAFIT View citations (8)
5. Estimation of Productivity in Korean Electric Power Plants: A Semiparametric Smooth Coefficient Model
   IZA Discussion Papers, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA) View citations (2)
   See also Journal Article Estimation of productivity in Korean electric power plants: A semiparametric smooth coefficient model, Energy Economics, Elsevier (2014) View citations (15) (2014)

2012

6. Does Institutional Quality Affect Firm Performance? Insights from a Semi-Parametric Approach
   William Davidson Institute Working Papers Series, William Davidson Institute at the University of Michigan View citations (6)
   Also in IZA Discussion Papers, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA) (2012) View citations (9)

2011

7. Productivity in China's high technology industry: Regional heterogeneity and R&D
   MPRA Paper, University Library of Munich, Germany View citations (1)
   See also Journal Article Productivity in China's high technology industry: Regional heterogeneity and R&D, Technological Forecasting and Social Change, Elsevier (2012) View citations (16) (2012)

2010

8. Biases in approximating log production
   MPRA Paper, University Library of Munich, Germany View citations (2)
   See also Journal Article Biases in approximating log production, Journal of Applied Econometrics, John Wiley & Sons, Ltd. (2011) View citations (11) (2011)

Journal Articles

2022

1. Estimation of a partially linear seemingly unrelated regressions model: application to a translog cost system
   Econometric Reviews, 2022, 41, (9), 1008-1046

2021

2. The optimal use of management
   Economic Inquiry, 2021, 59, (3), 1346-1363
   See also Working Paper The Optimal Use of Management, Working Papers (2020) View citations (1) (2020)

2020

3. A semiparametric stochastic input distance frontier model with application to the Indonesian banking industry
   Journal of Productivity Analysis, 2020, 54, (2), 139-156 View citations (1)
4. Measurement of technical inefficiency and total factor productivity growth: A semiparametric stochastic input distance frontier approach and the case of Lithuanian dairy farms
   European Journal of Operational Research, 2020, 285, (3), 1174-1188 View citations (11)

2019

5. Gradient estimation of the local-constant semiparametric smooth coefficient model
   Economics Letters, 2019, 185, (C) View citations (1)
6. HOW DOES INFRASTRUCTURE AFFECT ECONOMIC GROWTH? INSIGHTS FROM A SEMIPARAMETRIC SMOOTH COEFFICIENT APPROACH AND THE CASE OF TELECOMMUNICATIONS IN CHINA
   Economic Inquiry, 2019, 57, (3), 1239-1255 View citations (8)

2018

7. Does R&D spur productivity growth in Australia’s broadacre agriculture? A semi-parametric smooth coefficient approach
   Applied Economics, 2018, 50, (47), 5076-5093
8. Is Tinkering with Institutional Quality a Panacea for Firm Performance? Insights from a Semiparametric Approach to Modeling Firm Performance
   Review of Development Economics, 2018, 22, (1), 1-22 View citations (5)
9. Nonparametric estimates of the clean and dirty energy substitutability
   Economics Letters, 2018, 168, (C), 118-122 View citations (6)
   See also Working Paper Nonparametric Estimates of the Clean and Dirty Energy Substitutability, MPRA Paper (2018) View citations (6) (2018)

2016

10. Semiparametric Smooth Coefficient Estimation of a Production System
    Pacific Economic Review, 2016, 21, (4), 464-482 View citations (1)

2015

11. A note on a semiparametric approach to estimating financing constraints in firms
    The European Journal of Finance, 2015, 21, (12), 992-1004 View citations (2)
12. Constrained nonparametric estimation of input distance function
    Journal of Productivity Analysis, 2015, 43, (1), 85-97 View citations (5)
13. Obelix vs. Asterix: Size of US commercial banks and its regulatory challenge
    Journal of Regulatory Economics, 2015, 48, (2), 125-168 View citations (5)
14. Productivity and efficiency estimation: A semiparametric stochastic cost frontier approach
    European Journal of Operational Research, 2015, 245, (1), 194-202 View citations (25)

2014

15. Estimation and inference under economic restrictions
    Journal of Productivity Analysis, 2014, 41, (1), 111-129 View citations (18)
16. Estimation of productivity in Korean electric power plants: A semiparametric smooth coefficient model
    Energy Economics, 2014, 45, (C), 491-500 View citations (15)
    See also Working Paper Estimation of Productivity in Korean Electric Power Plants: A Semiparametric Smooth Coefficient Model, IZA Discussion Papers (2013) View citations (2) (2013)

2013

17. Derivation of marginal effects of determinants of technical inefficiency
    Economics Letters, 2013, 120, (2), 249-253 View citations (21)
18. Semiparametric smooth-coefficient stochastic frontier model
    Economics Letters, 2013, 120, (2), 305-309 View citations (22)

2012

19. Estimation of TFP growth: a semiparametric smooth coefficient approach
    Empirical Economics, 2012, 43, (1), 1-24 View citations (19)
20. Productivity in China's high technology industry: Regional heterogeneity and R&D
    Technological Forecasting and Social Change, 2012, 79, (1), 127-141 View citations (16)
    See also Working Paper Productivity in China's high technology industry: Regional heterogeneity and R&D, MPRA Paper (2011) View citations (1) (2011)

2011

21. Biases in approximating log production
    Journal of Applied Econometrics, 2011, 26, (4), 708-714 View citations (11)
    See also Working Paper Biases in approximating log production, MPRA Paper (2010) View citations (2) (2010)