in efficiency analysis and (2) to compare the efficiency measures with and without risk for continuous and rotation … gains are realized with the incorporation of risk. The t-test at the 5% level of significance examining if efficiency …Using a non-parametric linear programming approach, our contribution is (1) to examine the impact of incorporating risk …

Farmland and capital are an important and rapidly expanding component of the agricultural economy, and empirical … capital are quasi-fixed assets, and that production is characterized by constant returns to scale are tested and the evidence … supports these assumptions. An empirical application of the arbitrage equations provides evidence that risk aversion and …

This paper examined cost efficiency differences between rural hospitals participating in the Critical Access Hospital … been associated with inefficiency in hospital operations and, consequently, concerns have been raised about the efficiency …

compare the efficiency of ethanol production in China and Brazil. To estimate the extent output can be proportionally expanded …

study uses Data Envelopment Analysis to compute input-based technical efficiency measures and energy efficiency of Michigan …-specific efficiency can be improved by adopting greenhouse film types other than double layer poly. …

soybeans, while fixed capital cost shares were the most correlated with cost efficiency for corn production. OLS regression …The objective of this paper was to examine the cost efficiency of corn and soybean production for typical farms … involved in the cash crop agri benchmark network. Using a data envelopment analysis (DEA) approach, efficiency indices were …

cooperatives return profits to their user members, the efficiency of the application department directly impacts farm profitability …

economic (cost) efficiency in rice production using a Tobit model. The data is obtained from the 2005-2011 Rice Research and …

determining farmers' efficiency in Ethiopia are having access to the public extension system, participation in off-farm activities …. Annual technical change between 1999 and 2004 is about one percent while annual efficiency change during the same period is …

data envelopment analysis (DEA) to calculate technical efficiency (TE), allocative efficiency (AE), and economic efficiency …, Rice Research Verification Program (RRVP) from 2005 to 2011. Efficiency scores for RRVP fields are compared with those … obtained from developing rice producing countries. Economic efficiency scores are also compared across RRVP fields using …