Drivers and Restraints for Economically Efficient Farm Production.

Intro -- DRIVERS AND RESTRAINTS FORECONOMICALLY EFFICIENTFARM PRODUCTION -- CONTENTS -- PREFACE -- INTRODUCTION -- REFERENCES -- PART 1: AN INTRODUCTION TOEFFICIENCY STUDIES -- WHAT IS EFFICIENCY? -- ABSTRACT -- INTRODUCTION -- EFFICIENCY AS A WAY OF ANALYZINGFARM PERFORMANCE -- A NOTE ON THE APPLICABILITYOF THE EFFICIENCY APPROACH -- DEFINITIONS OF EFFICIENCY AND INEFFICIENCY -- INPUT-ORIENTED PERSPECTIVE -- OUTPUT-ORIENTED PERSPECTIVE -- SUMMARY OF THE EFFICIENCY SCORES -- REFERENCES -- METHODOLOGICAL CONSIDERATIONSIN EFFICIENCY STUDIES -- ABSTRACT -- INTRODUCTION -- WHAT METHOD SHOULD BE USED? -- DATA ENVELOPMENT ANALYSIS IN SOME DETAIL -- BASIC ASSUMPTIONS -- DEA EQUATIONS -INPUT-ORIENTED EFFICIENCY -- DEA EQUATIONS -OUTPUT-ORIENTED EFFICIENCY -- STOCHASTIC FRONTIER ANALYSIS IN SOME DETAIL -- INPUT-ORIENTED ECONOMIC EFFICIENCY -- OUTPUT-ORIENTED TECHNICAL EFFICIENCY -- METHOD TO ASSESS THE EFFECT OF DRIVERSAND RESTRAINTS ON FARM EFFICIENCY -- DEA BASED EFFICIENCY SCORES -- The "Traditional" Approach -- The Bootstrapping Approach -- SFA BASED EFFICIENCY SCORES -- REFERENCES -- WHAT DATA CAN BE USED? -- ABSTRACT -- INTRODUCTION -- DATA SOURCES, DEFINITION OF VARIABLESAND QUALITY OF DATA -- DATA FROM DATA BASES -- Definition and Aggregation of Output and Input Variables:A Look at the Literature -- DATA FROM QUESTIONNAIRES -- SOME ASPECTS RELATED TO COMBINED DATASETS -- SUMMARY AND CONCLUSION -- REFERENCES -- PART 2: A REVIEW OF EMPIRICAL FINDINGS -- THE EFFECT OF FARM SIZE -- ABSTRACT -- INTRODUCTION -- REVIEW OF EMPIRICAL FINDINGS -- DISCUSSION AND CONCLUSION -- REFERENCES -- THE EFFECT OF FARM STRATEGY -- ABSTRACT -- INTRODUCTION -- REVIEW OF EMPIRICAL FINDINGS -- DISCUSSION AND CONCLUSION -- REFERENCES -- THE EFFECT OF MANAGERIAL CAPACITY -- ABSTRACT -- INTRODUCTION -- REVIEW OF EMPIRICAL FINDINGS -- DISCUSSION AND CONCLUSION -- REFERENCES.