Endogeneity in stochastic frontier models with 'wrong' skewness: copula approach without external instruments

Rouven E. Haschka ()
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Rouven E. Haschka: Zeppelin University

Statistical Methods & Applications, 2024, vol. 33, issue 3, No 4, 807-826

Abstract: Abstract Stochastic frontier models commonly assume positive skewness for the inefficiency term. However, when this assumption is violated, efficiency scores converge to unity. The potential endogeneity of model regressors introduces another empirical challenge, impeding the identification of causal relationships. This paper tackles these issues by employing an instrument-free estimation method that extends joint estimation through copulas to handle endogenous regressors and skewness issues. The method relies on the Gaussian copula function to capture dependence between endogenous regressors and composite errors with a simultaneous consideration of positively or negatively skewed inefficiency. Model parameters are estimated through maximum likelihood, and Monte Carlo simulations are employed to evaluate the performance of the proposed estimation procedures in finite samples. This research contributes to the stochastic frontier models and production economics literature by presenting a flexible and parsimonious method capable of addressing wrong skewness of inefficiency and endogenous regressors simultaneously. The applicability of the method is demonstrated through an empirical example.

Keywords: Stochastic frontier analysis; Skewness; Endogenous regressors; Copula function; Maximum likelihood (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: C13 C14 C21 C51 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2024
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