The study examined the determinants of technical efficiency among lowland rice farmers in Enugu State, Nigeria. Primary data were sourced from producers through use well designed questionnaires. was conducted four agricultural zones during 2017/2018 cropping season. Multistage and simple random sampling technique employed to select 300 sampled for study. Cobb-Douglas stochastic production front...

By estimating a stochastic frontier production function that links labor and capital variables in 410 agricultural companies, the behavior of productive efficiency Colombia was evaluated, as well its effects by geographic location business size. Results showed factors contribute most to are related force, liquidity intangible assets, aspects provide competitive advantages for medium large compa...

The purpose of this paper is to quantify the efficiency with which Australian universities utilise their teaching resources. The study estimates the cost efficiency of 36 universities over the period 1995-2002 using stochastic frontier analysis. The present study differs from previous cost and efficiency studies of Australian universities in two respects. First, it employs stochastic frontier a...

to determine the effective factors on yield performance of corn, 40 corn growers were selected using two ‎stages sampling method from orzooeyeh in kerman province. data were collected by questionnaires and ‎interview. frontier production function and technical unefficiency function were estimated with front. 4 ‎software.‎ using dalinous method the selected corn growers divided to three groups a...

in this study, farm level technical efficiency (te) and its determinants were investigated. a stochastic cobb-douglas (cd) production frontier was used to provide estimates of input-oriented te for a sample of 100 rain fed farms in two palestinian governorates. empirical findings showed that the estimated te of the farms in the pooled sample ranged from 35.7 to 95.6%, with a mean value of 72.2%...

This paper extends the existing research on real estate investment trust (REIT) operating efficiencies. We estimate stochastic-frontier, panel-data models specifying a translog cost function. The specified model updates the cost frontier with new information as it becomes available over time. The model can identify frontier cost improvements, returns to scale, and cost inefficiencies over time....

The study focused on the production cost efficiency and profitability of Abakaliki rice in Ihialia Local Government Area of Anambra State, Nigeria.. A random sampling technique was employed to select a total of 100 Abakaliki rice farmers from the study area. Data collection was achieved through the administration of structured questionnaire assisted with personal interview. Data analysis was do...