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| Provedor de dados: |
AgEcon
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| País: |
United States
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| Título: |
Technological Change and Economies of Scale in Danish Agriculture
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| Autores: |
Rasmussen, Svend
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| Data: |
2005-11-18
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| Ano: |
2000
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| Palavras-chave: |
Research and Development/Tech Change/Emerging Technologies
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| Resumo: |
This paper presents the results of an empirical analysis of technological change and economies of scale in Danish agriculture. The estimation is based on a multi-output, multi-input translog cost function and covers the period 1973-1995. The results show that technological change varied considerably. The average rate of technological change was highest on arable farms (4.0% per year) and lowest on dairy farms (1.0% per year), with pig farms in between (2.2% per year). Alt three farm types showed an increasing trend in technological change over time, and technological changes were typically biased. The elasticity of size was considerably above 1 for both small and large arable farms and dairy farms indicating a considerable economic incentive to increase the farm size. For pig farms only the small farms showed a clear incentive to increase the farm size. The results support the hypothesis that policy measures have had a significant influence on the differences in development within the three farm types analysed.
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| Tipo: |
Working or Discussion Paper
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| Idioma: |
Inglês
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| Identificador: |
19148
http://purl.umn.edu/24185
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| Editor: |
AgEcon Search
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| Relação: |
Royal Veterinary and Agricultural University>Food and Resource Economic Institute>Unit of Economics Working papers
Unit of Economics Working Paper 2000/7
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| Formato: |
32
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