In this paper, we analyze the productivity of farms across n = 370 municipalities located in the Center-West region of …

assess the sector's productivity gain over time. However, the regional analysis of agricultural productivity still is not … investigated. This work focuses on mapping the gain of agricultural productivity in Brazil in the years 1990-2012 by micro …-region. After an overview of the behavior of productivity in the major regions, will be studied the ten major crops relative to the …

some of the main findings from the historical view of Brazilian agriculture development. The arguments should rest here on …

products. We find that a bank’s operational efficiency is priced in bank loan rates and alters interest-setting behavior …. Specifically, we establish that a higher degree of operational efficiency leads to lower loan markups, which involve more … frontier analysis to comprehensively capture cost efficiency, we take the bank customers’ perspective and demonstrate the …