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Provedor de dados: 	31	
País: 	United States	
Título: 	Measuring Regional Productivity Differences in the Australian Wool Industry: A Metafrontier Approach	
Autores: 	Villano,   Renato A.; Fleming,   Euan M.; Fleming,   Pauline.	
Data: 	2008-05-09	
Ano: 	2008	
Palavras-chave: 	Efficiency; Productivity; Metafrontier; Technology Gaps; Wool Production; Spatial; Livestock Production/Industries; Productivity Analysis; Research Methods/ Statistical Methods.	
Resumo: 	Using panel data, we estimate technology gaps for four distinct sheep-producing regions in Eastern Australia (Northern New South Wales, Central and South-Eastern New South Wales, South-Western New South Wales and South-West Victoria) that reflect spatial environmental and technological differences in wool production. A deterministic stochastic metafrontier production function model is estimated that envelops the stochastic frontiers of the four regions. This metafrontier approach enables us to estimate the environment-technology gap ratio that reflects these spatial differences in the environment and variations in production technologies in the wool enterprise for benchmarked farmers in each region. As a result, a more accurate estimation is possible of changes in total factor productivity on farms in the different regions. The major findings are that environment-technology gaps do exist between regions but they are relatively small. Greater variation is apparent within regions. Variation in technical efficiency seems to depend on the harshness of the production environment and whether consultancy advice is regularly received by the benchmarking group.	
Tipo: 	Conference Paper or Presentation	
Idioma: 	Inglês	
Identificador: 	29705

http://purl.umn.edu/6036	
Relação: 	Australian Agricultural and Resource Economics Society - 2008&gt;2008 Conference (52nd), February 5-8, 2008, Canberra, Australia

Conference Paper	
Formato: 	16