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| Larue, Solene; Latruffe, Laure. |
| The objective of the paper is to assess the effects of agglomeration on technical efficiency of French pig farms. We use a two-stage method to evaluate the effects of agglomeration on technical efficiency. The first stage consists in calculating pig activity’s efficiency scores with the non-parametric method Data Envelopment Analysis (DEA). The second stage is a truncated regression of these scores on agglomeration variables. Data are for 899 French pig producers in 2004. Results suggest that these farms were as much affected by positive agglomeration externalities (that are knowledge spillovers due to farms’ density, and also arise from farms’ closeness to downstream market) as any other businesses. There was however no evidence of negative externalities... |
| Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation |
Palavras-chave: Agglomeration; Externalities; Data Envelopment Analysis; Industrial Organization; Livestock Production/Industries. |
| Ano: 2008 |
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/44272 |
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| Larue, Solene; Abildtrup, Jens; Schmitt, Bertrand. |
| In Denmark, the concentration of pig production is highest in the western part of the country. However, there may be even larger local differences in the number of pigs produced. In this study we analyze the determinants of the location of pig production in Denmark with particular focus on spatial externalities and the interaction between the location of pig production and upstream sector and slaughterhouses. It is the assumption that the location of slaughterhouses is influenced by the location of the primary producers, implying that this variable is endogenous, whereas the location of primary producers is independent of the location of slaughterhouses. This is due to the fact that transportation costs of pigs are paid by the cooperatives owning the... |
| Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation |
Palavras-chave: Agglomeration; Externalities; Spatial Econometrics; Polluted Production; Livestock Production/Industries. |
| Ano: 2008 |
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/44281 |
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