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Provedor de dados: 	Research in Agricultural & Applied Economics (AgEcon Searh)	
País: 	United States	
Título: 	Animals’ Health Control Efficiency in Northwest Portugal: A Two-stage DEA Approach	
Autores: 	Costa,   Leonardo; Oude Lansink,   Alfons G.J.M.; Silva,   Elvira.	
Data: 	2010-02-17	
Ano: 	2009	
Palavras-chave: 	Input directional distance function; Bootstrapping; Economic efficiency; Animal health services.; Agricultural and Food Policy.	
Resumo: 	A two-stage approach is employed to analyze the efficiency of cooperatives responsible for ruminants’ disease control (OPP) at the farm level in Northwest Portugal. In the first stage, Data Envelopment Analysis (DEA) is used to estimate and decompose input-based overall inefficiency for each OPP. The input-based inefficiency measures are generated using the directional input distance function. In the second stage, the inefficiency estimates are regressed on environmental and organizational factors in order to explain efficiency differentials. Despite substantial environmental differences, the empirical results indicate that most cooperatives can reduce costs by improving scale efficiency and pure technical efficiency.	
Tipo: 	Conference Paper or Presentation	
Idioma: 	Inglês	
Identificador: 	http://purl.umn.edu/58000	
Relação: 	European Association of Agricultural Economists&gt;113th Seminar, September 3-6, 2009, Chania, Crete, Greece	
Formato: 	17