Journal Articles European Journal of Operational Research Year : 2019

Metatechnology frontier and convexity: A restatement

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This article reconsiders the way metafrontiers and associated measures of efficiency are obtained from nonparametric estimates of underlying group-specific frontiers. Both convex and non-convex metasets have been applied, but the large majority of articles applying this popular methodology assume that the metafrontier envelops a convex metaset. We argue that associated estimates of efficiency are potentially unreliable. We develop a refined methodology for nonparametric envelopment of non-convex metasets. We apply our methodology to a secondary data set to illustrate the potential errors associated with the currently established methods. Anticipating our main conclusion, we find that the convexification strategy consisting in assuming a convex metaset generally leads to erroneous results.
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hal-02108502 , version 1 (21-10-2021)

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Kristiaan Kerstens, Christopher O’donnell, Ignace van de Woestyne. Metatechnology frontier and convexity: A restatement. European Journal of Operational Research, 2019, 275 (2), pp.780-792. ⟨10.1016/j.ejor.2018.11.064⟩. ⟨hal-02108502⟩
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