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In this paper we use Monte Carlo study to investigate the finite sample properties of the Bayesian estimator obtained by the Gibbs sampler and its classical counterpart (i.e. the MLE) for a stochastic frontier model. Our Monte Carlo results show that the MSE performance of the estimates of Gibbs sampling are substantially better than that of the MLE.
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Zhang, X. A Monte Carlo Study on the Finite Sample Properties of the Gibbs Sampling Method for a Stochastic Frontier Model. Journal of Productivity Analysis 14, 71–83 (2000). https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1007895912705
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