Metal                 package:Ecdat                 R Documentation

_P_r_o_d_u_c_t_i_o_n _f_o_r _S_I_C _3_3

_D_e_s_c_r_i_p_t_i_o_n:

     a cross-section

     _number of observations_ :  27

     _observation_ :  regional

     _country_ :  United States

_U_s_a_g_e:

     data(Metal)

_F_o_r_m_a_t:

     A dataframe containing :

     _v_a output

     _l_a_b_o_r labor input

     _c_a_p_i_t_a_l capital input

_S_o_u_r_c_e:

     Aigner , D. ,  K.   Lovell and  P.  Schmidt (1977) "Formulation
     and estimation of stochastic frontier production models", _Journal
     of Econometrics _, *6*, 21-37.

     Hildebrand, G.  and  T.  Liu (1957) _Manufacturing production
     functions in the United States_, Ithaca, N.Y.: Cornell University
     Press.

_R_e_f_e_r_e_n_c_e_s:

     Greene, W.H. (2003) _Econometric Analysis_, Prentice Hall, <URL:
     http://www.prenhall.com/greene/greene1.html>, Table F6.1.

_S_e_e _A_l_s_o:

     'Index.Books', 'Index.Economics', 'Index.Econometrics',
     'Index.Observations'

