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| Vivan, Antonio Marcos; Sette, Ricardo de Souza. |
| The technical efficiency indexes for the rural producer from the central region of Santa Catarina’s western side have been identified, thus enabling to determine their managerial profile through the evaluation of processes of decision-making in the properties, administration of agricultural business firms, strategical behaviour, time management, and information transferences. Moreover, the inter-relation among efficient enterprises and managerial ability, and vice-versa, was also verified. The methodology used in the qualitative analysis was the Data Envelopment Analysis-DEA, and the data used for such analysis were gathered by means of a semi-structured questionnaire. Twelve out of the fifty-eight analyzed properties did reach the efficiency frontier,... |
| Tipo: Journal Article |
Palavras-chave: Technical efficiency; Managerial ability; DEA.. |
| Ano: 2001 |
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/43364 |
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| Ferjani, Ali. |
| Economic theory suggests several possible mechanisms through which direct government farm payments might influence the efficiency and structural change in agriculture. This study estimates identify the main determinants of efficiency, particularly, what effect farm payments have had on efficiency and farm structure by using a farm-level Tobit model for 1990 to 2001. The results suggest that the inclusion of direct payments does not cause a change in returns to scale of the underlying technology. Nevertheless, results find evidence of effects of direct payments on efficiency. Farms that received greater direct payments were less efficient on aggregate than other farms. |
| Tipo: Journal Article |
Palavras-chave: Switzerland; Farms; Direct payments; Technical efficiency; DEA.; Production Economics. |
| Ano: 2009 |
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/93806 |
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