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Simple Econometrics of Pesticide Productivity
Author(s) -
Chambers Robert G.,
Lichtenberg Erik
Publication year - 1994
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 - 10.2307/1243653
Subject(s) - econometrics , aggregate (composite) , econometric model , economics , generalization , productivity , dual (grammatical number) , representation (politics) , estimation , simple (philosophy) , variance (accounting) , mathematics , macroeconomics , accounting , art , mathematical analysis , materials science , literature , management , politics , political science , law , composite material , philosophy , epistemology
Abstract This paper develops a multioutput generalization of the Lichtenberg‐Zilberman damage‐control technology. The dual representation of the technology is shown to be conditionally additive in the price of abatement activities and other prices. An econometric procedure for estimating the dual technology is developed and applied to an aggregate U.S. agricultural data set. The conditionally additive nature of the model allows estimation of pest damage from the dual technology. Our estimates of aggregate U.S. pest damage are much lower than previous estimates.