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| Provedor de dados: |
AgEcon
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| País: |
United States
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| Título: |
Black-Box Frontiers and Implications for Development Policy Theoretical Considerations
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| Autores: |
Sauer, Johannes
Frohberg, Klaus
Hockmann, Heinrich
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| Data: |
2004-12-10
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| Ano: |
2004
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| Palavras-chave: |
International Development
Research and Development/Tech Change/Emerging Technologies
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| Resumo: |
The availability of efficiency estimation software freely distributed via the internet and relatively easy to use recently inflated the number of corresponding applications. The resulting efficiency estimates are used without a critical assessment with respect to the literature on theoretical consistency, flexibility and the choice of the appropriate functional form. The robustness of policy suggestions based on inferences from efficiency measures nevertheless crucially depends on theoretically well-founded estimates. This paper addresses stochastic efficiency measurement by critically reviewing the theoretical consistency of recently published technical efficiency estimates with respect to economic development. The results confirm the need for a posteriori checking the regularity of the estimated frontier by the researcher and, if necessary, the a priori imposition of the theoretical requirements.
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| Tipo: |
Working or Discussion Paper
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| Idioma: |
Inglês
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| Identificador: |
15454
http://purl.umn.edu/18772
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| Editor: |
AgEcon Search
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| Relação: |
University of Bonn>Center for Development Research (ZEF)>Discussion Papers
ZEF Discussion Papers on Development Policy Nr. 92
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| Formato: |
38
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