Econometric estimation of technical and environmental efficiency: An application to Dutch dairy farms

被引：326

作者：

Reinhard, S ^{[1
]}

Lovell, CAK

Thijssen, G

机构：

[1] Agr Econ Res Inst, LEI, DLO, The Hague, Netherlands

[2] Univ Georgia, Dept Econ, Athens, GA 30602 USA

[3] Wageningen Univ Agr, Dept Econ & Management, Wageningen, Netherlands

来源：

AMERICAN JOURNAL OF AGRICULTURAL ECONOMICS | 1999年 / 81卷 / 01期

关键词：

dairy farming; environmental efficiency; panel data; stochastic production frontier;

D O I：

10.2307/1244449

中图分类号：

F3 [农业经济];

学科分类号：

0202 ; 020205 ; 1203 ;

摘要：

In this article we estimate the technical and environmental efficiency of a panel of Dutch dairy farms. Nitrogen surplus, arising from the application of excessive amounts of manure and chemical fertilizer, is treated as an environmentally detrimental input. A stochastic translog production frontier is specified to estimate the output-oriented technical efficiency. Environmental efficiency is estimated as the input-oriented technical efficiency of a single input, the nitrogen surplus of each farm. The mean output-oriented technical efficiency is rather high, 0.894, but the mean input-oriented environmental efficiency is only 0.441. Intensive dairy farms are both technically and environmentally more efficient than extensive farms.

引用

页码：44 / 60

页数：17

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