Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: http://hdl.handle.net/10419/63113
Year of Publication: 
1999
Series/Report no.: 
Memorandum No. 1999,09
Publisher: 
University of Oslo, Department of Economics, Oslo
Abstract: 
The statistical properties of the efficiency estimators based on Data Envelopment Analysis (DEA) are largely unknown. Recent work by Simar et al. and Banker has shown the consistency of the DEA estimators under specific assumptions, and Banker proposes asymptotic tests of whether two subsamples have the same efficiency distribution. There are difficulties arising from bias in small samples and lack of independence in nested models. This paper suggest no new tests, but presents results on bias in simulations of nested small sample DEA models, and examines the approximating powers of suggested tests under various specifications of scale and omitted variables.
Subjects: 
Data Envelopment Analysis
Monte Carlo simulations
Hypothesis tests
Non-parametric efficiency estimation
JEL: 
D24
C44
C15
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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