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| Provedor de dados: |
AgEcon
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| País: |
United States
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| Título: |
Multi-input Multi-output Farm-level Cost Function: A Comparison of Least Squares and Entropy Estimators
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| Autores: |
Polome, Philippe
Fernagut, Bruno
Harmignie, Olivier
Frahan, Bruno Henry de
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| Data: |
2005-09-26
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| Ano: |
2005
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| Palavras-chave: |
Cost function
Least squares estimator
Entropy estimator
Heterogeneity
Farm Management
C3
D61
Q12
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| Resumo: |
We introduce a modification of the quadratic-Leontieff multi-output cost function that is particularly suitable for the data of the Farm Accountancy Data Network. We present least squares and entropy estimates of that function and compare their results for a sample of crop farms. Our results are encouraging for the use of entropy estimators in cases in which farms are not assumed to share the same technology. Our approach can be seen as an extension of the Positive Mathematical Programming approach (Howitt, 1995). The extension consists in an explicit specification of inputs in the cost function and in the possibility of modeling several farms simultaneously.
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| Tipo: |
Working or Discussion Paper
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| Idioma: |
Inglês
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| Identificador: |
17644
http://purl.umn.edu/24727
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| Editor: |
AgEcon Search
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| Relação: |
European Association of Agricultural Economists>2005 International Congress, August 23-27, 2005, Copenhagen, Denmark
Contributed Paper
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| Formato: |
15
application/pdf
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