@article{Kantelhardt:156136,
      recid = {156136},
      author = {Kantelhardt, Jochen and Kapfer, Martin and Franzel, Martin  and Kirchweger, Stefan},
      title = {Development of Efficiency in Alpine Farming - A  Combination of the Malmquist Index Approach and Matching–},
      address = {2013},
      number = {870-2016-60717},
      series = {Schriftlicher Beitrag},
      pages = {10},
      year = {2013},
      abstract = {In comparison to flatland agriculture mountainous  agriculture is often shaped by small plot sizes,  unfavourable climatic conditions and steep slopes. All  those conditions make it extraordinarily expensive to  implement new technologies and to modernise farms.  Consequently our research hypothesis is that technical  progress in mountainous regions is slower in comparison to  flatland regions. In order to test this hypothesis we  develop a model combining a Malmquist index approach with a  matching analysis. We apply our model in Austria, using a  panel data set comprising the data of 1034 Austrian  voluntarily bookkeeping farms and ranging from 2003 to  2009. On basis of the Austrian Mountain Farm Cadastre the  farms are classified into five categories expressing the  degree of disadvantage which farms are exposed from being  located in a mountainous area. Our results show that  technical change in mountain regions is significantly lower  than in flatland regions and continuously decreasing with  increasing disadvantage. Matching our results shows that  this result is mainly based on farm grassland share, while  farm size is of minor importance. With regard to efficiency  change and change of total factor productivity we do not  find any significant results.},
      url = {http://ageconsearch.umn.edu/record/156136},
      doi = {https://doi.org/10.22004/ag.econ.156136},
}