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Radam, Alias and Ismail, Mohd Mansor
(1999)
Technical efficiency estimates for Sarawak pepper farming: a comparative analysis.
Pertanika Journal of Social Sciences & Humanities, 7 (2).
pp. 103-110.
ISSN 0128-7702; ESSN: 2231-8534
Abstract
Estimating technical efficiency of production technology is important for policy purposes. Four production frontiers consisting of parametric and nonparametric functions were analysed to estimate technical efficiency ratios on a sample of pepper farms in Sarawak. The methodologies employed produced different estimates, distributions, and rankings of efficiency ratios. The nonparametric estimates were greater than parametric estimates except under stochastic parametric method. Due to the large differences in technical efficiency results, recommendation for policy purpose should not be made without prior detailed analysis of each method.
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| Item Type: | Article |
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| Divisions: | Faculty of Economics and Management |
| Publisher: | Universiti Putra Malaysia Press |
| Keywords: | Technical efficiency; Sarawak pepper farming; Comparative analysis |
| Depositing User: | Nur Izyan Mohd Zaki |
| Date Deposited: | 25 Nov 2009 01:22 |
| Last Modified: | 10 Sep 2015 07:26 |
| URI: | http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/3257 |
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