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FIRM EFFICIENCY AND INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY USE: EVIDENCE FROM U.S. CASH GRAIN FARMS [PDF]

We implement stochastic frontier analysis techniques to show the effects of information technology use on firm efficiency. Results from a sample of 1,865 U.S.
Hopkins, Jeffrey W., Morehart, Mitchell J.   +1 more
core   +1 more source

The Impact of Credit and Training on Farmers Efficiency: A Semi‐Parametric Meta‐Frontier Analysis

Australian Journal of Agricultural and Resource Economics, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Smallholder farmers in developing countries face several constraints, which affect their productivity. To reduce these constraints and enhance productivity, government and non‐governmental agencies implement programmes that provide credit and training to farmers.
Anthony Baffoe‐Bonnie, Genti Kostandini   +1 more
wiley   +1 more source

Technical efficiency of rural primary health care system for diabetes treatment in Iran: a stochastic frontier analysis. [PDF]

J Diabetes Metab Disord, 2017
Qorbani M, Farzadfar F, Majdzadeh R, Mohammad K, Motevalian A.   +4 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Paradoxes of Traffic Flow and Economics of Congestion Pricing [PDF]

This paper utilizes a unique county-level dataset to examine technical efficiency and technology gap in China’s agriculture. We classify the counties into four regions with distinctive levels of economic development, and hence production technologies.
Chengri Ding, Shunfeng Song, Yiling Zhang   +2 more
core  

Is Technological Heterogeneity the Key to Sustainable Coffee Production Efficiency?: A Latent Class Frontier Analysis in the Traditional Coffee Region of Colombia

Journal of Agricultural Economics, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Coffee producers deal with uncertainty due to high volatility in coffee prices. To navigate these challenges, producers must balance the tradeoff between higher yield and better quality utilising heterogeneous technologies, such as intensive production methods and environmental management practices.
Orlando Rodríguez, Maria Vrachioli, Johannes Sauer   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Bilateral trade potential analysis of the Lanzhou-Kathmandu South Asian rail-road freight trains linking China and Nepal: A stochastic frontier gravity model approach. [PDF]

PLoS One
Tian F.
europepmc   +1 more source

A stochastic frontier analysis of technical efficiency of fish cage culture in Peninsular Malaysia. [PDF]

Springerplus, 2016
Islam GM, Tai SY, Kusairi MN.
europepmc   +1 more source

A Stochastic Frontier Analysis of Secondary Education Output in Portugal [PDF]

This paper contributes to the discussion about the performance and efficiency of Portuguese secondary schools, using the stochastic production frontier analysis.
Manuel Coutinho Pereira, Sara Moreira
core  

Environmental Performance Evaluation Under the Frontier Analysis Framework: A Farm‐Level Systematic Review and Meta‐Analysis

Journal of Agricultural Economics, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Quantifying and improving the environmental performance (EP) of agriculture has become an urgent research and policy priority. Over the past three decades, frontier‐based analytical frameworks have been widely applied to evaluate farm‐level EP.
Fissha Asmare, Bethan Thompson, Tarek Soliman, Thomas Donovan, Klaus Glenk, Andrew Barnes   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Measuring efficiency of governmental hospitals in Palestine using stochastic frontier analysis. [PDF]

Cost Eff Resour Alloc, 2016
Hamidi S.
europepmc   +1 more source