Efficiency Measures in the Agricultural Sector With Applications /

• Συγγραφή απο Οργανισμό/Αρχή: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Άλλοι συγγραφείς: Mendes, Armando B. (Επιμελητής έκδοσης), L. D. G. Soares da Silva, Emiliana (Επιμελητής έκδοσης), Azevedo Santos, Jorge M. (Επιμελητής έκδοσης)
• Μορφή: Ηλεκτρονική πηγή Ηλ. βιβλίο
• Γλώσσα: English
• Έκδοση: Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands : Imprint: Springer, 2013.
• Θέματα: Environment.; Mathematical optimization.; Statistics.; Environmental sciences.; Agricultural economics.; Math. Appl. in Environmental Science.; Agricultural Economics.; Statistics for Business/Economics/Mathematical Finance/Insurance.; Optimization.

Efficiency Measures in the Agricultural Sector opens with detailed descriptions of measurement techniques such as Data Envelopment Analysis (DEA) and Stochastic Frontier Analysis (SFA), which are often used to support models in analysis of agricultural productivity, based on mathematical programming...

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• Contents:
• Part I Efficiency Measures and Methods
• 1 Efficiency Measures in the Agricultural Sector: The Beginning
• 2 Review of Frontier Models and Efficiency Analysis: A Parametric Approach
• 3 Introduction to Data Envelopment Analysis
• 4 Superefficiency and Multiplier Adjustment in Data Envelopment Analysis
• Part II Farm Efficiency
• 5 An Application of Data Envelopment Analysis (DEA) in Azores Dairy Farms
• 6 Animal Grazing System Efficiency
• 7 Technical Efficiency of the Spanish Dairy Processing Industry: Do Size and Exporting Matter?
• 8 Inefficiency in Animal Production – A Parametric Approach
• 9 Azorean Agriculture Efficiency by PAR
• 10 Sustainable Tourism and Agriculture Multifunctionality by PAR: A Variable Selection Approach
• 11 The Importance of Subsidies in Azorean Dairy Farms Efficiency
• 12 Multi-Ouput Technical Efficiency in the Olive Oil Industry and its Relation to the Form of Business Organisation
• 13 Efficiency Assessment: Final Remarks
• Index.