Technical Efficiency and Its Determinants in China's Grain Production

Authors: Tian W.¹; Wan G.H.²

Source: Journal of Productivity Analysis, Volume 13, Number 2, March 2000 , pp. 159-174(16)

Publisher: Springer

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Abstract:

Using survey data from China, frontier production functions are estimated individually for crops of rice, wheat and corn. Technical efficiencies and their determinants are analyzed. The results suggest that one cannot be optimistic about the future of China's grain sector as the scope for output growth through input injection and efficiency gain is found to be quite limited.

Keywords: stochastic frontier production function; technical efficiency; China's grain production

Language: English

Document Type: Regular paper

Affiliations: 1: College of Economics and Management, China Agricultural University, Beijing 100094, China 2: Department of Agricultural Economics, University of Sydney, New South Wales 2006, Australia

Publication date: 2000-03-01