An Analysis of Economic Efficiency in Agriculture: A Nonparametric Approach
A nonparametric analysis of technical, allocative, scale, and scope efficiency of agricultural production is presented based on a sample of Wisconsin farmers. The results indicate the existence of important economies of scale on very small farms, and of some diseconomies of scale for the larger farm...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Western Agricultural Economics Association
1993-07-01
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Series: | Journal of Agricultural and Resource Economics |
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Online Access: | https://ageconsearch.umn.edu/record/30811 |