Journal of Productivity Analysis, Vol. 44, No. 1 (AUGUST 2015), pp. 39-49 (11 pages) The New Zealand North and South Island dairy farms differ in terms of climate, soil type and farming history. Using ...
This is a preview. Log in through your library . Abstract Heterogeneity among firms has been an important issue in studying firms' technical efficiencies. If firms do not randomly fall into different ...
the paper employs multiple methods—the stochastic frontier model, the Törnqvist-Theil index, and the Malmquist productivity index—to ensure the robustness of its TFP estimates, all of which yield ...