Panel estimators and the identification of firm-specific efficiency levels in parametric, semiparametric and nonparametric settings [An article from: Journal of Econometrics]

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The paper analyzes a number of competing approaches to modeling efficiency in panel studies. The specifications considered include the fixed effects stochastic frontier, the random effects stochastic frontier, the Hausman-Taylor random effects stochastic frontier, and the random and fixed effects stochastic frontier with an AR(1) error. I have summarized the foundations and properties of estimators that have appeared elsewhere and have described the model assumptions under which each of the estimators have been developed. I discuss parametric and nonparametric treatments of time varying efficiency including the Battese-Coelli estimator and linear programming approaches to efficiency measurement. Monte Carlo simulation is used to compare the various estimators and to assess their relative performances under a variety of misspecified settings. A brief illustration of the estimators is conducted using U.S. banking data.