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Estimating technical inefficiencies with corrections for environmental conditions

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Deprins, Dominique [UCL] Simar, Léopold [UCL]

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.

Document type Article de périodique (Journal article) – Article de recherche
Access type Accès restreint
Publication date 1989
Language Anglais
Journal information "Annals of Public and Cooperative Economics" - Vol. 60, no.1, p. 81-102 (1989)
Peer reviewed yes
Publisher Wiley-Blackwell Publishing Ltd. ((United Kingdom) Oxford)
issn 1370-4788
e-issn 1467-8292
Publication status Publié
Affiliations USL-B - Séminaire de mathématiques appliquées aux sciences humaines (SMASH)
UCL - EUEN/CORE - Center for operations research and econometrics
USL-B - Networks Ontology Data Epistemology Subjectivity (NODES)
Keywords Industrial efficiency ; Railroad companies ; Production (economic theory) ; environmental aspects
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Bibliographic reference Deprins, Dominique ; Simar, Léopold. Estimating technical inefficiencies with corrections for environmental conditions. In: Annals of Public and Cooperative Economics, Vol. 60, no.1, p. 81-102 (1989)
Permanent URL http://hdl.handle.net/2078.1/117594