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How Competitive Is Myanmar's Rice Sector? A Comparison of Production Costs and Efficiency
Agribusiness, EarlyView.ABSTRACT This paper analyzes the cost competitiveness of rice production in Myanmar by examining production costs, cost efficiency, and the potential effect of improving cost efficiency on the country's global competitiveness. To achieve this, we conduct a comparative analysis of production costs among major rice‐producing countries and estimate the ...
Nandar Aye Chan +3 more
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Apstract: Applied Studies in Agribusiness and Commerce, 2014 This paper highlights the sensitivity of technical efficiency estimates to estimation approaches using empirical data. Firm specific technical efficiency and mean technical efficiency are estimated using the non parametric Data Envelope Analysis (DEA ...
Henry de-Graft Acquah
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Estimating the self-thinning boundary line for oak mixed forests in central China by using stochastic frontier analysis and a proposed variable density model. [PDF]
Ecol Evol, 2022 Long S, Zeng S, Shi Z, Yang S.
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Calibrating Online Survey Sample for Economic Impact Analysis [PDF]
Online surveys have emerged as low-cost data collection approach in empirical researches; however, the validity of data remains questionable. Therefore, we employed a stochastic frontier estimation method to calibrate online recreational expenditure ...
Caffey, Rex H. +4 more
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Agribusiness, EarlyView.ABSTRACT EU member states have exhibited varying rates of apple production growth. Technical efficiency (TE) estimation is suitable for identifying best‐practice farm performance. This study examined whether the development of the apple sector in Germany, Italy, and Poland was influenced by production efficiency, access to technology, as well as ...
Anika Muder, Jakub Staniszewski
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Persistent Cost Efficiency at Public Community Colleges in the US: A Stochastic Frontier Analysis. [PDF]
Res High Educ, 2021 Titus MA +3 more
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Bayesian Stochastic Frontier Analysis Using WinBUGS [PDF]
Markov chain Monte Carlo (MCMC) methods have become a ubiquitous tool in Bayesian analysis. This paper implements MCMC methods for Bayesian analysis of stochastic frontier models using the WinBUGS package, a freely available software.
Jim Griffin, Mark Steel
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Agribusiness, EarlyView.ABSTRACT This study sets out to investigate the prospects for raising oil palm output in sub‐Saharan Africa, particularly Ghana, without further expansion of cropland. Given global concerns about oil palm's role in deforestation and land use change, the focus is on enhancing productivity on existing farmlands.
Jacob Asravor +3 more
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Journal of Applied Economics, 2019 This article examines the empirical performance of alternative frontier estimators’ ability to replicate a known underlying technology and economic measures such as multi-product and product-specific economies of scale, and economies of scope.
Bryon J. Parman, Allen M. Featherstone
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Efisiensi belanja administrasi pemerintah Kota Palembang: Pendekatan Stochastic Frontier Analysis
Jurnal Ekonomi Pembangunan, 2019 This study aims to find out the efficiency of the administration of Palembang City, 2002 – 2016 period in building the area with and components that caused whether or not administrative expenditure of an area was efficient. This study uses data secondary
Ririn Puji Astuti +2 more
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