Template-Type: ReDIF-Paper 1.0 Author-Name: Cherchye, L. Author-Name-Last: Cherchye Author-Name-First: Laurens Author-Name: Post, G.T. Author-Name-Last: Post Author-Name-First: Thierry Title: Nonparametric Efficiency Estimation in Stochastic Environments (II) Abstract: We consider the issues of noise-to-signal estimation, finite sample performance and hypothesis testing for the nonparametric efficiency estimation technique proposed in Cherchye, L., T. Kuosmanen and G. T. Post (2001) 'Nonparametric efficiency estimation in stochastic environments', forthcoming in Operations Research. In addition, we apply the technique for analyzing European banks. Creation-Date: 2001-05-18 File-URL: https://repub.eur.nl/pub/90/erimrs20010518165153.pdf File-Format: application/pdf Series: RePEc:ems:eureri Number: ERS-2001-26-F&A Classification-JEL: C40, G30, M Keywords: European banks, finite sample performance, hypothesis testing, noise-to-signal estimation, nonparametric efficiency estimation Handle: RePEc:ems:eureri:90