sfa-package: Fitting stochastic frontier analysis models
In sfa: Stochastic Frontier Analysis

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sfa is used to fit stochastic frontier analysis models.

Package:	sfa
Type:	Package
Version:	0.1-0
Date:	2010-08-09
License:	GPL-2

The package implements stochastic frontier analysis models as introduced by Aigner et al. (1977) and Battese and Coelli (1992, 1995).

Ariane Straub
under the supervision of Torsten Hothorn <Ariane.Straub@gmail.com> (package maintainer).

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