{"id":"https://openalex.org/W4249116151","doi":"https://doi.org/10.1017/cbo9781139342070.008","title":"Estimation of Technical Efficiency in Profit Frontier Models Using System Models with Cross-Sectional Data","display_name":"Estimation of Technical Efficiency in Profit Frontier Models Using System Models with Cross-Sectional Data","publication_year":2015,"publication_date":"2015-01-26","ids":{"openalex":"https://openalex.org/W4249116151","doi":"https://doi.org/10.1017/cbo9781139342070.008"},"language":"en","primary_location":{"id":"doi:10.1017/cbo9781139342070.008","doi":"https://doi.org/10.1017/cbo9781139342070.008","is_oa":false,"landing_page_url":"https://doi.org/10.1017/cbo9781139342070.008","pdf_url":null,"source":{"id":"https://openalex.org/S4306462995","display_name":"Cambridge University Press eBooks","issn_l":null,"issn":null,"is_oa":false,"is_in_doaj":false,"is_core":false,"listed_in":[],"host_organization":"https://openalex.org/P4310311721","host_organization_name":"Cambridge University Press","host_organization_lineage":["https://openalex.org/P4310311721","https://openalex.org/P4310311702"],"host_organization_lineage_names":["Cambridge University Press","University of Cambridge"],"type":"ebook platform"},"license":null,"license_id":null,"version":"publishedVersion","is_accepted":true,"is_published":true,"raw_source_name":"A Practitioner's Guide to Stochastic Frontier Analysis Using Stata","raw_type":"book-chapter"},"volume":{"id":"https://openalex.org/W1752159512","display_name":"A Practitioner's Guide to Stochastic Frontier Analysis Using Stata"},"type":"book-chapter","is_traditional":true,"indexed_in":["crossref"],"open_access":{"is_oa":false,"oa_status":"closed","oa_url":null,"any_repository_has_fulltext":false},"authorships":[{"author_position":"first","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5082274072","display_name":"Subal C. Kumbhakar","orcid":"https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1366-379X","observed_orcids":["https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1366-379X","https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1653-1028"]},"institutions":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/I123946342","display_name":"Binghamton University","ror":"https://ror.org/008rmbt77","country_code":"US","type":"education","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I123946342"]}],"countries":["US"],"is_corresponding":false,"raw_author_name":"Subal C. Kumbhakar","raw_affiliation_strings":["Binghamton University, State University of New York"],"raw_orcid":null,"affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"Binghamton University, State University of New York","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I123946342"]}]},{"author_position":"middle","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5022721834","display_name":"Hung\u2010Jen Wang","orcid":"https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2259-9427","observed_orcids":["https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2259-9427"]},"institutions":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/I16733864","display_name":"National Taiwan University","ror":"https://ror.org/05bqach95","country_code":"TW","type":"education","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I16733864"]}],"countries":["TW"],"is_corresponding":false,"raw_author_name":"Hung-Jen Wang","raw_affiliation_strings":["National Taiwan University"],"raw_orcid":null,"affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"National Taiwan University","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I16733864"]}]},{"author_position":"last","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5080623104","display_name":"Alan P. Horncastle","orcid":null,"observed_orcids":[]},"institutions":[],"countries":[],"is_corresponding":false,"raw_author_name":"Alan P. Horncastle","raw_affiliation_strings":["Oxera Consulting, Oxford"],"raw_orcid":null,"affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"Oxera Consulting, Oxford","institution_ids":[]}]}],"institutions":[],"countries_distinct_count":2,"institutions_distinct_count":2,"corresponding_author_ids":[],"corresponding_institution_ids":[],"apc_list":null,"apc_paid":null,"fwci":0.0,"has_fulltext":false,"cited_by_count":0,"citation_normalized_percentile":{"value":0.64668627,"is_in_top_1_percent":false,"is_in_top_10_percent":false},"cited_by_percentile_year":null,"biblio":{"volume":null,"issue":null,"first_page":"173","last_page":"200"},"is_retracted":false,"is_paratext":false,"is_xpac":false,"primary_topic":{"id":"https://openalex.org/T10357","display_name":"Efficiency Analysis Using DEA","score":1.0,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/1803","display_name":"Management Science and Operations Research"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/18","display_name":"Decision Sciences"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/2","display_name":"Social Sciences"}},"topics":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/T10357","display_name":"Efficiency Analysis Using DEA","score":1.0,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/1803","display_name":"Management Science and Operations Research"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/18","display_name":"Decision Sciences"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/2","display_name":"Social Sciences"}},{"id":"https://openalex.org/T11805","display_name":"Agricultural economics and policies","score":0.0,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/2002","display_name":"Economics and Econometrics"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/20","display_name":"Economics, Econometrics and Finance"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/2","display_name":"Social Sciences"}},{"id":"https://openalex.org/T10393","display_name":"Economic Growth and Productivity","score":0.0,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/2002","display_name":"Economics and Econometrics"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/20","display_name":"Economics, Econometrics and Finance"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/2","display_name":"Social Sciences"}}],"keywords":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/technical-efficiency","display_name":"technical efficiency","score":0.8109999895095825},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/cross-sectional-data","display_name":"cross-sectional data","score":0.699999988079071},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/profit-maximization","display_name":"profit maximization","score":0.5870000123977661},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/allocative-efficiency","display_name":"allocative efficiency","score":0.9430000185966492},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/quasi-fixed-inputs","display_name":"quasi-fixed inputs","score":0.6800000071525574},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/air-transport","display_name":"airline industry","score":0.5860000252723694}],"concepts":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/C2778571376","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1355821","display_name":"Frontier","level":2,"score":0.784034788608551},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C181622380","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q26911","display_name":"Profit (economics)","level":2,"score":0.7378091812133789},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C162324750","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q8134","display_name":"Economics","level":0,"score":0.5853754281997681},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C149782125","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q160039","display_name":"Econometrics","level":1,"score":0.5772317051887512},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C2776358904","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7248305","display_name":"Profit model","level":3,"score":0.5371381044387817},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C93782291","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3683077","display_name":"Gross profit","level":3,"score":0.4935828447341919},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C34778210","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q376791","display_name":"Production\u2013possibility frontier","level":3,"score":0.4484829008579254},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C175444787","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q39072","display_name":"Microeconomics","level":1,"score":0.43942853808403015},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C40700","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1411783","display_name":"Industrial organization","level":1,"score":0.39930349588394165},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C2778348673","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q739302","display_name":"Production (economics)","level":2,"score":0.30666714906692505},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C205649164","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1071","display_name":"Geography","level":0,"score":0.06946107745170593},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C166957645","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q23498","display_name":"Archaeology","level":1,"score":0.0}],"mesh":[],"locations_count":1,"locations":[{"id":"doi:10.1017/cbo9781139342070.008","doi":"https://doi.org/10.1017/cbo9781139342070.008","is_oa":false,"landing_page_url":"https://doi.org/10.1017/cbo9781139342070.008","pdf_url":null,"source":{"id":"https://openalex.org/S4306462995","display_name":"Cambridge University Press eBooks","issn_l":null,"issn":null,"is_oa":false,"is_in_doaj":false,"is_core":false,"listed_in":[],"host_organization":"https://openalex.org/P4310311721","host_organization_name":"Cambridge University Press","host_organization_lineage":["https://openalex.org/P4310311721","https://openalex.org/P4310311702"],"host_organization_lineage_names":["Cambridge University Press","University of Cambridge"],"type":"ebook platform"},"license":null,"license_id":null,"version":"publishedVersion","is_accepted":true,"is_published":true,"raw_source_name":"A Practitioner's Guide to Stochastic Frontier Analysis Using Stata","raw_type":"book-chapter"}],"best_oa_location":null,"sustainable_development_goals":[],"study_designs":[],"awards":[],"funders":[],"has_content":{"grobid_xml":false,"pdf":false},"content_urls":null,"referenced_works_count":0,"referenced_works":[],"related_works":["https://openalex.org/W2284872681","https://openalex.org/W4249258131","https://openalex.org/W2490070054","https://openalex.org/W4237222024","https://openalex.org/W2110080133","https://openalex.org/W2766208272","https://openalex.org/W170829347","https://openalex.org/W2317363819","https://openalex.org/W1945421407","https://openalex.org/W2045143589"],"abstract_inverted_index":{"Introduction":[0],"In":[1,78,170],"Chapter":[2,69,155,199,251],"5,":[3],"we":[4,81,158,173,202,259],"presented":[5],"a":[6,34,53,58,86,91,280],"profit":[7,17,35,65,75,87,98,102,177,256,273,287],"frontier":[8],"model":[9,36,66,88],"in":[10,68,116,198,250,261,279,291,309],"which":[11,50],"producers":[12,277,284],"are":[13,144,210,232,238,264,311],"assumed":[14],"to":[15,28,42,46,106,134,212,299,313],"maximize":[16],"under":[18],"competitive":[19,233,281],"input":[20,38,228],"and":[21,31,39,62,100,119,179,185,208,229,234,283,305,316],"output":[22,40,230],"markets.":[23],"As":[24,125],"explained":[25],"previously,":[26],"compared":[27],"the":[29,74,83,97,101,107,138,145,152,161,176,182,192,195,206,213,227,270,289,292,302],"production":[30],"cost":[32,108],"models,":[33],"allows":[37],"variables":[41],"be":[43,47,142],"endogenous":[44],"(i.e.,":[45],"decision":[48],"variables),":[49],"is":[51,194,248,274,296],"arguably":[52],"more":[54,121],"realistic":[55],"assumption":[56,243],"for":[57,216,276],"majority":[59],"of":[60,85,93,96,154,165,191,244,255],"industries":[61],"firms.":[63],"The":[64,242],"introduced":[67],"5":[70],"was":[71],"estimated":[72],"from":[73,167],"function":[76,99],"alone.":[77],"this":[79,127,262],"chapter,":[80],"consider":[82],"estimation":[84,183],"that":[89,140,168,226,235,258,307],"uses":[90],"system":[92,109,178],"equations":[94,113],"consisting":[95],"share":[103,112],"equations.":[104],"Similar":[105],"(Chapter":[110],"6),":[111],"add":[114],"information":[115],"estimating":[117],"parameters":[118],"yield":[120],"efficient":[122,240],"parameter":[123],"estimates.":[124],"such,":[126],"chapter":[128,215,263],"does":[129],"not":[130],"provide":[131,181],"new":[132],"tools":[133],"answer":[135],"additional":[136],"questions;":[137],"questions":[139],"can":[141],"answered":[143],"same":[146,162,196],"as":[147,197],"those":[148],"set":[149],"out":[150],"at":[151],"start":[153],"5.":[156,200],"Indeed,":[157],"also":[159],"use":[160,260],"empirical":[163,186],"example":[164],"airlines":[166],"chapter.":[169],"what":[171],"follows,":[172],"first":[174],"derive":[175],"then":[180],"methods":[184],"examples.":[187],"A":[188],"large":[189],"part":[190],"derivation":[193],"Therefore,":[201],"will":[203],"focus":[204,300],"on":[205,266,301],"differences":[207,308],"readers":[209],"referred":[211],"earlier":[214],"further":[217],"details.":[218],"Single":[219],"Output,":[220],"Output-Oriented":[221],"Technical":[222],"Inefficiency":[223],"We":[224],"assume":[225],"markets":[231],"all":[236],"firms":[237],"fully":[239],"allocatively.":[241],"full":[245],"allocative":[246],"efficiency":[247],"relaxed":[249],"9.The":[252],"first-order":[253],"conditions":[254],"maximization":[257],"conditional":[265],"technical":[267,317],"inefficiency.":[268,318],"Because":[269],"long":[271,293],"run":[272,304],"zero":[275],"operating":[278],"market":[282],"with":[285],"negative":[286],"exit":[288],"industry":[290],"run,":[294],"it":[295],"perhaps":[297],"better":[298],"short":[303],"argue":[306],"profits":[310],"due":[312],"quasi-fixed":[314],"inputs":[315]},"counts_by_year":[],"updated_date":"2026-11-05T12:25:35.769452","created_date":"2022-05-12T00:00:00"}