Measuring technical effciency in the Greek agricultural sector

dc.contributor.author	Rezitis, AN	en
dc.contributor.author	Tsiboukas, K	en
dc.contributor.author	Tsoukalas, S	en
dc.date.accessioned	2014-06-06T06:44:51Z
dc.date.available	2014-06-06T06:44:51Z
dc.date.issued	2002	en
dc.identifier.issn	0003-6846	en
dc.identifier.uri	http://62.217.125.90/xmlui/handle/123456789/2110
dc.subject.classification	Economics	en
dc.subject.other	FRONTIER PRODUCTION FUNCTION	en
dc.subject.other	FARM EFFICIENCY	en
dc.subject.other	MODEL	en
dc.subject.other	CHINA	en
dc.title	Measuring technical effciency in the Greek agricultural sector	en
heal.type	journalArticle	en
heal.language	English	en
heal.publicationDate	2002	en
heal.abstract	This paper measures the degree of technical efficiency of Greek farms at discrete points in time. Stochastic frontier production functions are estimated from four annual Farm Accountancy Data Network (FADN) surveys of the 1992-1995 period. From the results, a measure of technical efficiency is calculated for each farm for each year. The four distributions of technical efficiency values are examined and compared. All four samples show a wide range of farm-specific technical efficiency but efficiency is improving over the period. The paper also presents frontier estimates for small and large farms classified according to economic size. In that case, technical efficiency measures are calculated and their distributions are examined and compared. The results show that large farms are more efficient than small farms. However, efficiency is improving in both size farms over the period. In general, the results of this study indicate that there is substantial scope for improving technical efficiency of Greek farms.	en
heal.publisher	ROUTLEDGE	en
heal.journalName	APPLIED ECONOMICS	en
dc.identifier.issue	11	en
dc.identifier.volume	34	en
dc.identifier.isi	ISI:000176759500004	en
dc.identifier.spage	1345	en
dc.identifier.epage	1357	en