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Production risk and technical efficiency of dry-season vegetable farmers in the Upper East Region of Ghana. [PDF]

PLoS One
Akolgo JA, Osei-Asare YB, Sarpong DB, Asem FE, Quaye W.   +4 more
europepmc   +1 more source

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

Evaluating technical efficiency and influencing factors in traditional Chinese medicine hospitals: evidence from Hebei Province, China. [PDF]

Front Public Health
Liao Z, Zhou J, Yang H, Hou D.
europepmc   +1 more source

The Meta Pricing Efficiency of Producer Cooperatives Under Hedonic Product Attributes: The Case of German Wine

Journal of Agricultural Economics, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT High internal coordination costs may put cooperatives at a disadvantage in the production and marketing of agri‐food products with hedonic quality attributes. The efficiency of cooperatives and non‐cooperatives is therefore compared with respect to their ability to place wines on the market at prices that reflect their measurable quality ...
Rebecca Hansen, Sebastian Hess
wiley   +1 more source

Pathways to promote the performance of healthcare financial expenditure from an audit perspective: Evidence from Hunan Province. [PDF]

PLoS One
Ling S, Tang X, Shi Q.
europepmc   +1 more source

Analysis of Production Efficiency Among Sesame (Sesamum indicum) Farmers in North West, Nigeria: A Stochastic Production Efficiency Frontier Approach

Olugbenga Oladele, Jeremiah Aluwong, Ibrahim Maharazu, Olugbenga Omotayo Alabı, Hamid Kareem, Ademu Ocheni   +5 more
openalex   +2 more sources

Analysis of Technical Inefficiency in Rice Production among Farmers in Ezza South LGA of Ebonyi State of Nigeria (Application of Stochastic Frontier Production)

, 2016
Ume Ifeanyichukwu, Ezeano Ike, N Eluwa, Ebe Felix   +3 more
openalex   +1 more source

Buyer‐Optimal Platform Design

The RAND Journal of Economics, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT A platform matches a unit mass of sellers, each owning a single product of heterogeneous quality, to a unit mass of buyers with differing valuations for unit‐quality. After matching, sellers make take‐it‐or‐leave‐it price‐offers to buyers. Initially, valuations of buyers are only known to them and the platform, but sellers make inferences from
Daniele Condorelli, Balazs Szentes
wiley   +1 more source

Evaluation of determinants affecting technical efficiency of dairy farms. [PDF]

Sci Rep
Dubey A, Santra AK, Singh M, Bhonsle D, Khune VN, Dinani OP, Pathak R, Singh N, Yadav A.   +8 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Resource Use Efficiency in Part-time Food Crop Production: The Stochastic Frontier Approach

, 2011
MY Amodu, J. O. Owolabi, SS Adeola
openalex   +2 more sources