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Analytic expressions for the Cumulative Distribution Function of the Composed Error Term in Stochastic Frontier Analysis with Truncated Normal and Exponential Inefficiencies

Methodology 2020-06-08 v1 Computation

Abstract

In the stochastic frontier model, the composed error term consists of the measurement error and the inefficiency term. A general assumption is that the inefficiency term follows a truncated normal or exponential distribution. In a wide variety of models evaluating the cumulative distribution function of the composed error term is required. This work introduces and proves four representation theorems for these distributions - two for each distributional assumptions. These representations can be utilized for a fast and accurate evaluation.

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@article{arxiv.2006.03459,
  title  = {Analytic expressions for the Cumulative Distribution Function of the Composed Error Term in Stochastic Frontier Analysis with Truncated Normal and Exponential Inefficiencies},
  author = {Rouven Schmidt and Thomas Kneib},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2006.03459},
  year   = {2020}
}

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16 pages, 2 figures