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A Generalized Measure of Farm‐Specific Technical Efficiency

Author(s) -

Dawson Philip J.,

Lingard John,

Woodford Christopher H.

Publication year - 1991

Publication title -

american journal of agricultural economics

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 1.949

H-Index - 111

eISSN - 1467-8276

pISSN - 0002-9092

DOI - 10.2307/1242438

Subject(s) - measure (data warehouse) , scope (computer science) , econometrics , production (economics) , stochastic frontier analysis , range (aeronautics) , panel data , covariance , function (biology) , resource (disambiguation) , economics , frontier , mathematics , statistics , computer science , geography , microeconomics , engineering , computer network , database , evolutionary biology , biology , programming language , aerospace engineering , archaeology

Single measures of farm‐specific technical efficiency over time are calculated for rice farms in Central Luzon, the Philippines, from the residuals of a stochastic frontier production function. Panel data from the International Rice Research Institute's periodic “Loop Survey” are used. Results show a narrow range of efficiency between 84% and 95% across the twenty‐two farms, so that there is limited scope for increasing output by resource reallocation. A comparison is made with measures of technical efficiency using traditional covariance analysis.

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