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Sintonen, Harri; Linnosmaa, Ismo - In: Handbook of health economics : volume 1, part B, (pp. 1251-1296). 2000

The purpose of this chapter is to review dental economics in three major areas: (i) demand for and utilisation of dental care, (ii) productivity, technical efficiency and economies of scale in dental care production, and finally (iii) economic evaluation of dental care procedures and programmes....

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Do family farms really converge to a uniform size? The role of unobserved farm efficiency

Dolev, Yuval; Kimhi, Ayal - In: Australian Journal of Agricultural and Resource Economics 54 (2010) 1

We analyse the growth of family farms in Israeli cooperative villages during a period of economic turmoil. We use instrumental variables to account for the endogeneity of initial farm size, and correct for selectivity as a result of farm survival. We also include a technical efficiency index,...

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EFFICIENCY OF GINGER PRODUCTION IN SELECTED LOCAL GOVERNMENT AREAS OF KADUNA STATE, NIGERIA

NdaNmadu, Job; Marcus, Philemon Lekwot - In: International Journal of Food and Agricultural … 1

This study examined the profitability and efficiency of small scale ginger production in selected Local Government … attains the level of the most efficient ginger farmer. Among the various factors affecting inefficiency, farm size and … extension contact accentuated inefficiency while access to credit suppressed inefficiency. This might be an indication that the …

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Analyzing the Determinants of Technical Efficiency Among Traditional Dairy Farms in Wisconsin: A Quantile Regression Approach

Chidmi, Benaissa; Solis, Daniel; Funtanilla, Margil; … - Agricultural and Applied Economics Association - AAEA - 2010

This study analyzes the determinants of TE among traditional dairy farms in the State of Wisconsin taking into account dairy farms’ heterogeneity. To do so, we first estimate a production frontier and the level of TE using the SPF framework. Then we analyze the determinants of TI using a...

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Efektywność produkcji rolniczej na obszarze Unii Europejskiej w latach 1989-2007

Błażejczyk-Majka, Lucyna; Kala, Radosław; … - In: Problems of World Agriculture / Problemy Rolnictwa … 11 (2011) 26

The evaluation of technical efficiency of production has been a major issue of interest for economists since the 1950's. One of useful methods in that respect is Data Envelopment Analysis (DEA) which facilitates estimation of production efficiency based on results obtained by a specific set of...

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Measuring and decomposing agricultural productivity and profitability change

O'Donnell, Christopher J. - In: Australian Journal of Agricultural and Resource Economics 54 (2010) 4

Profitability change can be decomposed into the product of a total factor productivity (TFP) index and an index measuring changes in relative prices. Many TFP indexes can be further decomposed into measures of technical change, technical efficiency change, scale efficiency change and mix...

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NONPARAMETRIC MODEL FOR MEASURING IMPACT OF INPUTS DENSITY ON EGYPTIAN TOMATO PRODUCTION EFFICIENCY

Alboghdady, Mohamed Altabei - In: International Journal of Food and Agricultural … 2, 4

measures showed substantial degree of inefficiency. The inefficiency can be attributed to overuse of land, seedlings, manure … nitrogen fertilizers, potassium fertilizers, and labor. Most of scale inefficiency (about 76%) arisen from farms revealing …

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Impact of cooperative membership on technical efficiency and marketing efficiency : the case of dairy buffalo farmers in the Philippines

Cuevas, Agham C.; Mina, Ceptryl S. - In: DLSU business & economics review 31 (2022) 2, pp. 137-145

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Exploring efficiency growth of advanced technology-generating sectors in the European Union : a stochastic frontier analysis

Dzemydaitė, Giedrė; Naruševičius, Laurynas - In: Journal of business economics and management 24 (2023) 6, pp. 976-995

This study investigates the efficiency growth of advanced technology-generating sectors within the European Union (EU). Using a stochastic frontier analysis of annual sector-level panel data from 2000 to 2019, we examine sectoral (NACE two-digit level) and territorial implications. Our findings...

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Rice production technical efficiency in a highly urbanised area in Samut Prakan Province, Thailand

Meelua, Naruebet; Suneeporn Suwanmaneepong - In: International journal of entrepreneurship and small … 51 (2024) 4, pp. 572-583

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