help frontier_teci

Title

frontier_teci - Confidence Intervals for Technical Efficiency Estimates

Syntax

frontier_teci stub
[if] [in]
, options]

level(#) set confidence level; default is level(95)

Description

frontier_teci generates the confidence intervals for technical efficiency estimates following
frontier or xtfrontier. Two new variables are creates: stub_l and stub_u for
the lower and upper confidence intervals.

Examples

webuse xtfrontier1, clear
frontier lnwidgets lnworkers lnmachines, ti
predict te, te
frontier_teci te

webuse frontier1, clear
frontier lnoutput lncapital lnlabor, d(t)
predict te, te
frontier_teci te

Author

Scott Merryman

Risk Management Agency/USDA

scott.merryman@gmail.com

References

Horrace, William and Peter Schmidt (1996) "Confidence Statements for
Efficiency Estimates from Stochastic Frontier Models"
The Journal of Productivity Analysis, 7, 257-282.

Also see:

Estimation commands:

frontier, xtfrontier