type="main" xml:id="ajar12063-abs-0001" <p>A positive relationship between farm size and farm productivity is often considered to be largely due to increasing returns to scale in farm production. However, using farm-level data for the Australian broadacre industry, we found that constant or mildly...</p>

The objectives of this study are to examine whether technical efficiency of China's state enterprises improved over time due to the impact of economic reforms and to examine whether the response rates varied significantly across provinces. The results carry strong policy implications for future...