Estimating the Determinants of Firm Innovation Inefficiency Through the Conditional Mean of Innovation Inefficiency Given a Composite Error

Vasilios Kanellopoulos

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Estimating the Determinants of Firm Innovation Inefficiency Through the Conditional Mean of Innovation Inefficiency Given a Composite Error

Vasilios Kanellopoulos

Published in American Journal of Theoretical and Applied Statistics (Volume 12, Issue 6)

Received: 17 October 2023 Accepted: 3 November 2023 Published: 11 November 2023

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The present paper demonstrates that the estimations of the determinants of firm innovation inefficiency can be obtained through the conditional mean of innovation inefficiency given a composite error. We extract the estimations of the determinants of firm innovation inefficiency by replacing the true parameters in the equation of the conditional mean of innovation inefficiency given a composite error with Maximum Likelihood estimations from the Stochastic Frontier Approach. This is an alternative method for the estimation of the determinants of firm inefficiency besides those which are existent in the relevant literature. Based on statistical theory and algebra, we first present the case where innovation inefficiency is assumed to be distributed as a truncated normal with a nonzero constant mean. Second, we focus on the case where innovation inefficiency is assumed to be distributed as a truncated normal with a mean that varies across firms. There, we show that all the change in the error term of the Stochastic Frontier Knowledge Production Function originates from innovation inefficiency. The latter is modelled as having two components: a) a function of some firm-specific characteristics (variables) and b) random component. Then, we advance to the estimations of the determinants of firm innovation inefficiency via a generalized Stochastic Frontier Approach (generalized production frontier approach). Finally, we replace the true parameters in the equation of the conditional mean of innovation inefficiency given a composite error with Maximum Likelihood estimations from the generalized production frontier approach.

Published in	American Journal of Theoretical and Applied Statistics (Volume 12, Issue 6)
DOI	10.11648/j.ajtas.20231206.14
Page(s)	180-186
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Innovation Inefficiency, Firms, Conditional Mean Estimator, Stochastic Frontier Models

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Kanellopoulos, V. (2023). Estimating the Determinants of Firm Innovation Inefficiency Through the Conditional Mean of Innovation Inefficiency Given a Composite Error. American Journal of Theoretical and Applied Statistics, 12(6), 180-186. https://doi.org/10.11648/j.ajtas.20231206.14

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Kanellopoulos, V. Estimating the Determinants of Firm Innovation Inefficiency Through the Conditional Mean of Innovation Inefficiency Given a Composite Error. Am. J. Theor. Appl. Stat. 2023, 12(6), 180-186. doi: 10.11648/j.ajtas.20231206.14

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Kanellopoulos V. Estimating the Determinants of Firm Innovation Inefficiency Through the Conditional Mean of Innovation Inefficiency Given a Composite Error. Am J Theor Appl Stat. 2023;12(6):180-186. doi: 10.11648/j.ajtas.20231206.14

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