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		Copula-Based Stochastic Frontier Models // Provides estimation
		procedures for copula-based stochastic frontier models for
		cross-sectional data. The package implements maximum likelihood
		estimation of stochastic frontier models allowing flexible
		dependence structures between inefficiency and noise terms
		through various copula families (e.g., Gaussian and Student-t).
		It enables estimation of technical efficiency scores, log-
		likelihood values, and information criteria (AIC and BIC). The
		implemented framework builds upon stochastic frontier analysis
		introduced by Aigner, Lovell and Schmidt (1977)
		doi:10.1016/0304-4076(77)90052-5 and the copula theory
		described in Joe (2014, ISBN:9781466583221). Empirical
		applications of copula-based stochastic frontier models can be
		found in Wiboonpongse et al. (2015)
		doi:10.1016/j.ijar.2015.06.001 and Maneejuk et al. (2017,
		ISBN:9783319562176).
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