Drying and Milling Cost Functions of Paddy: Empirical Estimates for Government Processing Complexes in Malaysia

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Ghaffar, Roslan A. and Chew , T. A and Hassan, Azman (1988) Drying and Milling Cost Functions of Paddy: Empirical Estimates for Government Processing Complexes in Malaysia. Pertanika, 11 (2). pp. 283-288.

Abstract

In this paper, the statistical cost function approach was used to model the drying and milling cost for government paddy/rice processing complexes in Malaysia. The quadratic and inverse cost [unctions were estimated. The results suggest that there exists cost economies at relatively high output levels for both the drying and milling operations. Examination of output data indicates that a large number of government paddy mills operate at low outputs, with cost economies unexploited.

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Item Type:	Article
Divisions:	Faculty of Economics and Management
Keywords:	Paddy/rice processing; government mills; drying cost functions; milling cost functions; cost economies.
Depositing User:	Nur Izyan Mohd Zaki
Date Deposited:	16 Nov 2009 02:54
Last Modified:	27 May 2013 07:01
URI:	http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/2570
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