A general methodology for bootstrapping in non-parametric frontier models

Simar, Leâ Opold; Wilson, Paul W.

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“…9 For all the cases we are using the biased corrected efficiency results following Simar and Wilson (1998, 2000. 10 The scale efficiency ratio analogous to Q in equation (18) is calculated as: European countries (3e, 3f) reveals a slight increasing nonparametric regression line indicating a neutral effect at lower consumption levels and a minor negative effect at higher consumption levels.…”

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Renewable energy consumption and economic efficiency: Evidence from European countries

Halkos¹,

Tzeremes²

2013

Journal of Renewable and Sustainable Energy

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This paper examines the relationship between renewable energy consumption and economic efficiency. For this reason conditional Data Envelopment Analysis (DEA) estimators alongside with nonparametric regressions are applied in a sample of 25 European countries for the year 2010. Our results reveal that renewable energy consumption has a positive effect on countries' economic efficiency for lower consumption levels while for higher levels the analysis reveals mixed effects, which are also subject to regional disparities. Finally, it appears that the effect of renewable energy consumption on countries' economic efficiency depends also on countries' specific regional characteristics as well as on the environmental policies adopted.

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Renewable energy consumption and economic efficiency: Evidence from European countries

Halkos¹,

Tzeremes²

2013

Journal of Renewable and Sustainable Energy

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“…Simar and Wilson (1999c) overcome this modus operandi's weakness by implementing an improved procedure which automatically corrects for bias without explicit use of a noisy bias estimator. Moreover, the initial methodology proposed in Simar and Wilson (1998) is also extended to a less restrictive framework by allowing heterogeneity in the structure of efficiency in Simar and Wilson (2000b).…”

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Economic Efficiency and Frontier Techniques

Zamorano

2004

Journal of Economic Surveys

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Abstract. Most of the literature related to the measurement of economic efficiency has based its analysis either on parametric or on non-parametric frontier methods. The choice of estimation method has been an issue of debate, with some researchers preferring the parametric and others the non-parametric approach. The aim of this paper is to provide a critical and detailed review of both core frontier methods. In our opinion, no approach is strictly preferable to any other. Moreover, a careful consideration of their main advantages and disadvantages, of the data set utilized, and of the intrinsic characteristics of the framework under analysis will help us in the correct implementation of these techniques. Recent developments in frontier techniques and economic efficiency measurement such as Bayesian techniques, bootstrapping, duality theory and the analysis of sampling asymptotic properties are also considered in this paper.

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“…We refrain from using the bootstrapping test procedures suggested by Simar and Wilson (2000a;2000b;2001) because of their heavy computational burden.…”

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Public capital and total factor productivity: New evidence from the Italian regions, 1970–98

Destefanis¹,

Sena²

2005

Regional Studies

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This paper analyses the relationship between industrial total factor productivity and public capital across the 20 Italian administrative regions. We add upon the existing literature in a number of ways: we analyse a longer period (1970-98); we allow for the role of human capital accumulation; we test for the existence of a long-run relationship between total factor productivity and public capital (through the panel techniques suggested in Im et al., 2001;Pedroni, 1997Pedroni, , 1999 and for weak exogeneity of public capital (Urbain, 1992); we assess the significance of public capital within a non-parametric set-up based on the Free Disposal Hull. The results confirm that public capital has a significant impact on the evolution of total factor productivity, particularly in the Southern regions. This impact is to be mainly ascribed to the core infrastructures (road and airports, harbours, railroads, water and electricity, telecommunications). Also, core infrastructures are found to be weakly exogenous.

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A general methodology for bootstrapping in non-parametric frontier models

Cited by 884 publications

References 29 publications

Renewable energy consumption and economic efficiency: Evidence from European countries

Renewable energy consumption and economic efficiency: Evidence from European countries

Economic Efficiency and Frontier Techniques

Public capital and total factor productivity: New evidence from the Italian regions, 1970–98

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