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| Provedor de dados: |
AgEcon
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| País: |
United States
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| Título: |
Measuring Regional Productivity Differences in the Australian Wool Industry: A Metafrontier Approach
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| Autores: |
Villano, Renato A.
Fleming, Euan M.
Fleming, Pauline
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| Data: |
2008-05-09
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| Ano: |
2008
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| Palavras-chave: |
Efficiency
Productivity
Metafrontier
Technology Gaps
Wool Production
Spatial
Livestock Production/Industries
Productivity Analysis
Research Methods/ Statistical Methods
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| 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.
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| Tipo: |
Conference Paper or Presentation
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| Idioma: |
Inglês
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| Identificador: |
29705
http://purl.umn.edu/6036
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| Relação: |
Australian Agricultural and Resource Economics Society - 2008>2008 Conference (52nd), February 5-8, 2008, Canberra, Australia
Conference Paper
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| Formato: |
16
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