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On measuring economic efficiency
Abstract
This paper considers a system consisting of a production frontier and factor share equations to measure firm‐specific technical efficiency and input‐specific allocative efficiency simulataneously. In estimating the system as a whole, the joint distribution of all errors in the equations is used. This is more efficient than using the marginal distribution of a function of the errors as one does by estimating either the profit function of the production function alone. The workability of the method is illustrated by applying it to farm‐level data from Philippines agriculture.
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Kalirajan (1990) found that input specific allocative efficiency indicated farmers were inefficient with respect to all inputs.
“Input specific AE indicated that farmers were inefficient with respect to all inputs.”
From Efficiency Analysis of Developing Country Agriculture: A Review of the Frontier Function Literature (1993) · cites this paper as Kalirajan (1990)
Kalirajan (1990) estimated mean technical efficiency to be 79%, with a low of 64% and a high of 92%.
“the mean technical efficiency was estimated to be 79%, with a low of 64% and a high of 92%”
From Efficiency Analysis of Developing Country Agriculture: A Review of the Frontier Function Literature (1993) · cites this paper as Kalirajan (1990)
Kalirajan (1990) found that non-farm income and method of crop establishment were the major factors affecting technical efficiency.
“non-farm income and method of crop establishment were the major factors affecting technical efficiency”
From Efficiency Analysis of Developing Country Agriculture: A Review of the Frontier Function Literature (1993) · cites this paper as Kalirajan (1990)
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- Authors
- Kalirajan, K. P.
- Affiliations
- Australian National University (AU)
- Corresponding author
- Kalirajan, K. P.
- ORCID
- Kalirajan, K. P.
- Venue
- Journal of Applied Econometrics
- Publisher
- Wiley
- Published
- 1990-01
- Volume
- 5
- Issue
- 1
- Pages
- 75-85
- ISSN
- 0883-7252 (ISSN-L)
- 1099-1255
- OpenAlex
- W2148680188
- Cited by
- 117
- References
- 0
- Citations by year
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- FWCI
- 3.80
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- Journal of Applied Econometrics (publishedVersion)
- RePEc: Research Papers in Economics (submittedVersion)
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Decision Sciences › Management Science and Operations Research › Efficiency Analysis Using DEA
- Social Sciences › Economics, Econometrics and Finance › Economics and Econometrics › Agricultural economics and policies
- Social Sciences › Economics, Econometrics and Finance › Economics and Econometrics › Economic Growth and Productivity
- Keywords
- economic efficiency assessment, allocative efficiency, production frontier, profit function, farm-level data, agricultural efficiency, Philippine agriculture
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