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An Analysis of Energy Use Efficiency in China by Applying Stochastic Frontier Panel Data Models

open access: yesEnergies, 2020
This paper investigates energy use efficiency at the province level in China using the stochastic frontier panel data model approach. The stochastic frontier model is a parametric model which allows for the modeling of the relationship between energy use
Xiaoyan Zheng, Almas Heshmati
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TECHNICAL EFFICIENCY OF RICE FARMING USING CERTIFIED SEED IN INDRAMAYU REGENCY

open access: yesAgric, 2021
Rice Farming Technical Efficiency Using Certified Seeds in Indramayu Regency. Production inputs used in rice farming can affect crop yields. Yields can be increased through technical efficiency or production efficiency approaches.
Dadan Permana, Tuti Sugiarti, Tri Suseno
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Technical Efficiency of Ginger Production in Ilam District of Nepal: A Stochastic Production Frontier Approach

open access: yesAdvances in Agriculture, 2022
This study measured the level of technical efficiency among smallholder ginger growers and examined the determinants of inefficiency by employing the stochastic frontier production function.
Dikshya Khatiwada, Pappu Yadav
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Cost efficiency of principal crops in Bihar (India) – A stochastic frontier approach

open access: yesThe Indian Journal of Agricultural Sciences, 2020
In the present study, an attempt has been made to test the cost efficiency of cereal crops like paddy, wheat and maize separately in the state of Bihar using Stochastic Cost Frontier model.
K M SINGH   +4 more
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Water users associations and irrigation water use efficiency in costal oases areas of Gabes, South-eastern Tunisia

open access: yesNew Medit, 2021
The objective of this study was to measure the efficiency level of Water Users Associations (WUAs) in the coastal oases of Gabès (South-Est of Tunisia) and assessing its main determinants.
MAHDHI Naceur   +3 more
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Factors affecting technical efficiency scores estimated for the cotton sector of the Harran plain in Turkiye: A stochastic frontier analysis

open access: yesITEGAM-JETIA, 2023
The current study deals with the technical efficiency of cotton farmers operating on the Harran Plain of Turkiye with an application to the two well-known stochastic approaches, i.e., the Cobb-Douglas and the translog stochastic frontier production ...
Tamer Işgın   +3 more
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Household Electricity Consumption Inefficiency and It's Determinants in Rural Areas

open access: yesSSRN Electronic Journal, 2022
Abstract In this paper we have analysed the electricity consumption inefficiency of households in rural area by using stochastic frontier analysis (SFA) applying single stage one-sided approach on the primary data collected using stratified random sampling.
Sijousa Basumatary, Mridula Devi
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Recent Advances in the Panel Stochastic Frontier Models: Heterogeneity, Endogeneity and Dependence

open access: yesInternational Journal of Empirical Economics, 2022
This paper primarily reviews the panel stochastic frontier (SF) model in which the composite error term [Formula: see text] has four components, i.e. [Formula: see text] where [Formula: see text] and [Formula: see text] are the persistent and transient ...
Subal C. Kumbhakar, Hung-Pin Lai
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Profit Efficiency of Smallholder Vegetable Farms in Nepal: Implications for Improving Household Income

open access: yesFrontiers in Sustainable Food Systems, 2022
Enhancing profit efficiency in vegetable farming is important to increase income, livelihoods, and nutrition security, and to reduce poverty of smallholder farmers, particularly in developing countries.
Rudra Bahadur Shrestha   +2 more
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Determinants of the Inefficiency of Public Hospitals in Cameroon

open access: yesInternational Journal of Academic Research in Business and Social Sciences, 2017
The purpose of this paper was to assess the determinants of the inefficiency of public hospitals in Cameroon. The methods employed in the study involved a two-stage analysis technique whereby Data Envelopment Analysis (DEA) was applied using the traditional inputs and outputs with data from the National Institute of Statistics (NIS) of Cameroon.
Molem Christopher S.   +2 more
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