Modeling economies of scope in joint production: Convex regression of input distance function
联合生产范围经济的建模:投入距离函数的凸回归
Modeling of joint production has proved a vexing problem. This paper develops a radial convex nonparametric least squares (CNLS) approach to estimate the input distance function with multiple outputs. We document the correct input distance function transformation and prove that the necessary orthogonality conditions can be satisfied in radial CNLS. A Monte Carlo study is performed to compare the finite sample performance of radial CNLS and other deterministic and stochastic…