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ESTIMATING TECHNICAL INEFFICIENCIES WITH CORRECTION FOR ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS
Author(s) -
DEPRINS Dominique,
SIMAR Léopold
Publication year - 1989
Publication title -
annals of public and cooperative economics
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.526
H-Index - 37
eISSN - 1467-8292
pISSN - 1370-4788
DOI - 10.1111/j.1467-8292.1989.tb02010.x
Subject(s) - saint , annals , philosophy , core (optical fiber) , humanities , classics , art history , computer science , art , telecommunications
The aim of the paper is to present a statistical methodology allowing the estimation of technical performances of production units within a particular sector of activities. The approach is such that it allows the introduction of exogenous environmental factors explaining a part of the apparent inefficiency. The statistical procedure will be based on the observation of production activities of a set of firms. The method is illustrated through the analysis of technical efficiencies of railway companies