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Does Farm Size and Specialization Matter for Productive Efficiency? Results from Kansas

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  26 January 2015

Amin W. Mugera  and
Michael R. Langemeier
Amin W. Mugera
Affiliation:
Institute of Agriculture and School of Agriculture and Resource Economics, Faculty of Agriculture and Natural Sciences, The University of Western Australia, Perth, Australia
Michael R. Langemeier
Affiliation:
Department of Agricultural Economics, Kansas State University, Manhattan, Kansas
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Abstract

In this article, we used bootstrap data envelopment analysis techniques to examine technical and scale efficiency scores for a balanced panel of 564 farms in Kansas for the period 1993–2007. The production technology is estimated under three different assumptions of returns to scale and the results are compared. Technical and scale efficiency is disaggregated by farm size and specialization. Our results suggest that farms are both scale and technically inefficient. On average, technical efficiency has deteriorated over the sample period. Technical efficiency varies directly by farm size and the differences are significant. Differences across farm specializations are not significant.

Keywords

bootstrap, data envelopment analysis, efficiency, farmsD24Q12
Type
Research Article
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Journal of Agricultural and Applied Economics , Volume 43 , Issue 4 , November 2011 , pp. 515 - 528
Copyright
Copyright © Southern Agricultural Economics Association 2011

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