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| Title: | NONPARAMETRIC ESTIMATION OF MULTIPRODUCT AND PRODUCT-SPECIFIC ECONOMIES OF SCALE |
| Authors: | Coffey, Brian K.
Featherstone, Allen M. |
| Authors (Email): | Coffey, Brian (bcoffey@agecon.ksu.edu)
Featherstone, Allen (afeather@agecon.ksu.edu) |
| Issue Date: | 2004 |
| Series/Report no.: | Selected Paper |
| Abstract: | Numerous studies have utilized nonparametric estimation of production efficiency but no such study focuses on multiproduct or product-specific economies of scale. A mathematical program is specified to nonparametrically estimate these measures for crops and livestock for Kansas farms. Results show that many farms would realize benefits from expansion. |
| URI: | http://purl.umn.edu/34592 |
| Institution/Association: | Southern Agricultural Economics Association>2004 Annual Meeting, February 14-18, 2004, Tulsa, Oklahoma |
| Total Pages: | 15 |
| Language: | English |
| Collections: | 2004 Annual Meeting, February 14-18, 2004, Tulsa, Oklahoma
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