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Uncovering Productivity Growth in the Disaggregate: Indonesia's Dueling Agricultural Sub-Sectors
Rada, Nicholas E.; Buccola, Steven T.; Fuglie, Keith O. - Agricultural and Applied Economics Association - AAEA - 2010
after the 1997 Asian financial crisis, which exerted Indonesia’s comparative advantage in tropical perennial products. In … the present paper, we ask whether such events have altered Indonesia’s agricultural growth strategy from a food-crop to an … annual-crop sectors. We find overall productivity growth to have been moderate, and suggest that little of it can be …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009020351
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How Inefficient Really Are the Small-Scale Rice Farmers in Eastern India?: Examining the Effects of Microtopography on the Estimation of Technical Efficiency
Fuwa, Nobuhiko; Edmonds, Christopher M.; Banik, Pabitra - Agricultural and Applied Economics Association - AAEA - 2005
We focus on the impact of failing to control for differences in land types defined along toposequence on estimates of farm technical efficiency for small-scale rice farms in eastern India. In contrast with the existing literature, we find that those farms may be considerably more technically...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005327382
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The US Agriculture Greenhouse Emissions and Environmental Performance
Kabata, Tshepelayi - Agricultural and Applied Economics Association - AAEA - 2011
Replaced with revised version of paper 09/23/11.
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009021158
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Firm size and trade secret intensity: evidence from the Economic Espionage Act
Searle, Nicola; Reid, Gavin C - Agricultural and Applied Economics Association - AAEA - 2012
This paper considers trade secrecy as an appropriation mechanism in the context ofb the US Economic Espionage Act (EEA) 1996. We examine the relation between trade secret intensity and firm size, using a cross section of 95 court cases. The paper builds on extant work in three respects. First,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010878969
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Small is Beautiful? Firm's Size, Prevention & Food Safety.
Rouviere, Elodie; Soubeyran, Raphael - Agricultural and Applied Economics Association - AAEA - 2012
The European General Food Law of 2005 and the newly promulgated FDA Food Safety Modernization Act (FFSMA) of 2010 ask all food operators to implement preventive efforts. In this article, we explore the link between firm’s size and preventive efforts. We show two main results. First, when there...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010916546
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FARM RESTRUCTURING AND EFFICIENCY IN TRANSITION: EVIDENCE FROM BULGARIA AND HUNGARY
Mathijs, Erik; Vranken, Liesbet - Agricultural and Applied Economics Association - AAEA - 2000
Based on survey data on Bulgarian and Hungarian crop and dairy farms, a double-peaked distribution of technical efficiency is observed. Several factors explain differences in efficiency. Human capital matters not only through age and education, but also through gender as farms with a higher...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005513552
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THE IMPLICATION OF PROPERTY RIGHTS FOR JOINT AGRICULTURE-TIMBER PRODUCTIVITY IN THE BRAZILIAN AMAZON
Otsuki, Tsunehiro; Reis, Eustaquio Jose - Agricultural and Applied Economics Association - AAEA - 1999
This paper examines whether better property rights will increase joint productivity of agricultural and timber products …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005525934
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Productivity and Efficiency of Corporate and Individual Farms in Ukraine
Lerman, Zvi; Sedik, David J. - Agricultural and Applied Economics Association - AAEA - 2007
The paper presents a comparative analysis of the productivity of corporate and individual farms in Ukraine based … primarily on cross-section data from a farm survey conducted by FAO in 2005. We calculate partial land and labor productivity …, total factor productivity, and technical efficiency scores (using Stochastic Frontier Analysis) for farms of different …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005476714
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Technical Efficiency among Organic and Conventional Farms in Sweden 2000-2002: A Counterfactual and Self-Selection Analysis
Larsen, Karin; Foster, Kenneth A. - Agricultural and Applied Economics Association - AAEA - 2005
least in part based on, the farms expected productivity in organic and conventional farming respectively there is self …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005476985
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MEASUREMENT AND EXPLANATION OF TECHNICAL EFFICIENCY IN MISSOURI HOG PRODUCTION
Ben-Belhassen, Boubaker; Womack, Abner W. - Agricultural and Applied Economics Association - AAEA - 2000
The U.S. live hog production has undergone a significant structural change characterized by a trend toward larger operations. Experts argue that there is a cost advantage for larger farms due to industrialization and increased management intensity. One important element in production, mainly for...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005468461