Technical efficiency in the Spanish agrofood industry

Abstract

This study estimates frontier production functions with cross-section data for the Spanish agrofood industry by using deterministic and stOC~astie parametric approaches. We compute the individual technicul efficiency for each finn. compare the results and cxplain thẽ elatlOnship between technical efficiency and other relevant quantitatj~e varia~les. The results indicate that the Spanish agrofood industry as a levet of effieiency between 68% and 93%; which means that n IS potentially capable of increasing production without increasing ils~~~U rnPtion of inputs, This efficiency level is positively related to factor productivity and unitary labour costs. © 1997 Elsevier Science

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