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One-step and two-step estimation in SFA models

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  2. Yonsei University, Seoul, South Korea

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Schmidt, P. One-step and two-step estimation in SFA models. J Prod Anal 36, 201–203 (2011). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11123-011-0228-0

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