A note on the assumed distributions in stochastic frontier models

Aljar Meesters ()

Journal of Productivity Analysis, 2014, vol. 42, issue 2, 173 pages

Abstract: Stochastic frontier models all need an assumption on the distributional form of the (in)efficiency component. Generally this efficiency component is assumed to be half normally, truncated normally, or exponentially distributed. This paper shows that the exponential distribution is, just like the half normal distribution, a special case of the truncated normal distribution. Moreover, this paper discusses the implications that this finding has on estimation. Copyright Springer Science+Business Media New York 2014

Keywords: Stochastic frontier analysis; Distribution; Exponential; Truncated normal; C52; D24 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2014
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DOI: 10.1007/s11123-014-0387-x

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