TY - BOOK AU - Kumbhakar,Subal C. AU - Lovell,C.A.Knox TI - Stochastic frontier analysis SN - 9780521666633 U1 - 000SB:338 23 PY - 2003/// CY - Cambridge PB - Cambridge University Press KW - Production (Economic theory) KW - Econometrics. KW - Stochastic analysis N1 - Includes bibliographical references and indexes; 1. Introduction -- 2. Analytical foundations -- 3. The estimation of technical efficiency -- 4. The estimation and decomposition of cost efficiency -- 5. The estimation and decomposition of profit efficiency -- 6. The shadow price approach to the estimation and decomposition of economic efficiency -- 7. Incorporating exogenous influences on efficiency -- 8. The estimation of efficiency change and productivity change N2 - This book develops econometric techniques for the estimation of production, cost and profit frontiers ER -