A Stochastic Frontier Production Function with Flexible Risk Properties

G. Battese, Alicia Rambaldi () and Guanghua Wan

Journal of Productivity Analysis, 1997, vol. 8, issue 3, 269-280

Abstract: This paper considers a stochastic frontier production function which has additive, heteroscedastic error structure. The model allows for negative or positive marginal production risks of inputs, as originally proposed by Just and Pope (1978). The technical efficiencies of individual firms in the sample are a function of the levels of the input variables in the stochastic frontier, in addition to the technical inefficiency effects. These are two features of the model which are not exhibited by the commonly used stochastic frontiers with multiplicative error structures. An empirical application is presented using cross-sectional data on Ethiopian peasant farmers. The null hypothesis of no technical inefficiencies of production among these farmers is accepted. Further, the flexible risk models do not fit the data on peasant farmers as well as the traditional stochastic frontier model with multiplicative error structure. Copyright Kluwer Academic Publishers 1997

Keywords: stochastic frontier production function; production risks; technical efficiency (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 1997
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