Trotz der vielfach betonten Bedeutung von Diversifikationsstrategien vor dem Hintergrund zunehmender Liberalisierung vieler Agrarmärkte existieren nur wenige empirische Arbeiten zum Zusammenhang zwischen Diversifikation und dem Erfolg landwirtschaftlicher Unternehmen. Der vorliegende Beitrag...

A detailed decomposition of the sources of the Total Factor Productivity (TFP) growth index within an output distance function framework was carried out, looking at the following components: technical change, change in technical efficiency, scale component, and violations of the profit...

The study is devoted to the measurement of productivity and efficiency change in Chinese farming sector over the reform process in the 1980s and 1990s. Within an output distance function framework, an index of total factor productivity is decomposed into technical and allocative efficiency,...

This paper explores the consequences for parametric and non-parametric efficiency levels and rankings when using grouped instead of individual Decision Making Units (DMU). The bias results due to the differences of the grouped DMUs frontier compared to the individual DMUs frontier. Monte Carlo...

This paper explores the consequences for parametric and non-parametric efficiency levels and rankings when using grouped instead of individual Decision Making Units (DMU). The bias results due to the differences of the grouped DMUs frontier compared to the individual DMUs frontier. Monte Carlo...

Ziel dieser Arbeit ist es, die derzeit bestehende Lücke an aktuellen Informationen bezüglich der Struktur der Nahrungsmittelnachfrage sowie bezüglich zukünftiger, haushaltsspezifischer Nachfragereaktionen zum Teil zu schließen und somit eine bessere Grundlage zur Entwicklung von...

The last couple of decades have seen an increased retail concentration around the world, particularly in Europe. Views on the welfare implications of this severe change are controversial. Consumers might benefit because larger stores (owned by larger retailer chains) offer more product choices....