other coefficients of economic interest. On the contrary, parametric models for production frontiers allow richer and easier … estimators of the frontiers. Our approach allows to handle fully multivariate cases. We describe the statistical properties for … both the full and the partial (robust) frontiers. We consider parametric but also flexible approximations based on local …

other coefficients of economic interest. On the contrary, parametric models for production frontiers allow richer and easier … estimators of the frontiers. Our approach allows to handle fully multivariate cases. We describe the statistical properties for … both the full and the partial (robust) frontiers. We consider parametric but also flexible approximations based on local …

loss. This expansion is largely concentrated in so-called ‘frontiers’, defined here as places experiencing marked … transformations owing to rapid resource exploitation. Understanding the mechanisms shaping these frontiers is crucial for … sustainability. Previous work focused mainly on explaining how active frontiers advance, in particular, into tropical forests …

of the contract. In this paper, using recent developments in non-parametric frontiers and propensity score matching, we …