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Table 4 Variance parameters for the stochastic frontier production function

From: Resource use efficiency among maize farmers in Ghana

Variable

Parameter

Standard error

Sigma squared \(\sigma^{2} = \sigma_{u}^{2} + \sigma_{v}^{2}\)

0.72206*

0.006

Gamma \(\gamma = \sigma_{u}^{2} /\sigma^{2}\)

0.999999***

0.046

Lambda \(\lambda = \sigma_{u} /\sigma_{v}\)

3,764,018***

0.009

Log-likelihood

−246.316

 

Number of farmers

548

 

Wald

3.1 × 1010***

 

Mean VIF

1.2519

 

Breusch–Pagan stat

0.5664

 
  1. Source: Survey, 2015
  2. The asterisks indicate levels of significance. *** is significant at 1%, ** is significant at 5%, and * is significant at 10%