Stochastic frontier analysis /
x, 333 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm. Content notes : 1. Introduction --
2. Analytical foundations --
3. The estimation of technical efficiency --
4. The estimation and decomposition of cost efficiency --
5. The estimation and decomposition of profit efficiency --
6. The shadow price approach to the estimation and decomposition of economic efficiency --
7. Incorporating exogenous influences on efficiency --
8. The estimation of efficiency change and productivity change. Econometrics. Stochastic analysis.