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Choice of a Distribution Assumption in Estimating Technical Efficiency: An Application of Household Data from Tanzania

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dc.creator Nassoro, Hussein N.
dc.date 2022-03-11T06:18:15Z
dc.date 2022-03-11T06:18:15Z
dc.date 2021-09
dc.date.accessioned 2022-10-21T11:33:47Z
dc.date.available 2022-10-21T11:33:47Z
dc.identifier 2591 - 6890
dc.identifier http://41.59.91.37:8080/xmlui/handle/123456789/195
dc.identifier.uri http://hdl.handle.net/123456789/86115
dc.description This study aimed at attesting whether the application of different distribution assumptions of the error term has any effects on the efficiency score through the application of the National Panel Survey data from Tanzania. The study considered a half-normal and exponential distribution assumption. The results for the stochastic frontier were estimated and their efficiency scores support the views that indeed different distribution assumptions have different effects on the level of efficiency score. In both datasets, the exponential distribution assumption is showing a much higher level of mean efficiency score. The study recommends the need to specify a distribution assumption that should be considered during the estimation of the efficiency scores.
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dc.language en
dc.publisher The Institute of Finance Management
dc.subject Cobb Douglass
dc.subject Exponential
dc.subject Distribution assumption
dc.subject Normal
dc.subject Stochastic
dc.title Choice of a Distribution Assumption in Estimating Technical Efficiency: An Application of Household Data from Tanzania
dc.type Article


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