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Quantile Stochastic Frontier Models with
Endogeneity
Mike G. Tsionas, ** A. George Assaf , * Athanasios Andrikopoulos
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Abstract
In this paper, we extend Jradi et al. (2019). First, we use the asymmetric Laplace
distribution, which is a more reasonable assumption in quantile models. Second, we
address the issue of statistical inference for the optimal quantile. Finally, we allow for
endogeneity in quantile stochastic frontier models. The new formulation is
implemented in a Bayesian framework using Markov Chain Monte Carlo. We employ
the celebrated Philippine rice data as in Jradi et al. (2019). Jradi et al. (2019) did not
provide efficiency measures, which, in our framework, is straightforward to do.
Keywords: Quantile estimation; Stochastic frontier models; Efficiency, Bayesian
analysis; Markov Chain Monte Carlo.
JEL codes: C11, C13.
Corresponding Author: *Albert. George Assaf. Isenberg School of Management,
University of Massachusetts-Amherst, 90 Campus Center Way, 204A Flint Lab,
Amherst, MA, 01003, United States, assaf@isenberg.umass.edu.** Mike G. Tsionas.
Lancaster University Management School, LA1 4YX, UK., m.tsionas@lancaster.ac.uk.
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Athanasios Andrikopoulos. Hull University Business School, University of Hull, Hull
HU6 7RX, UK., A.Andrikopoulos@hull.ac.uk.
Acknowledgments: We are grateful to an anonymous reviewer for several useful
remarks on an earlier version.
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