@article{Apezteguia:174311,
      recid = {174311},
      author = {Apezteguia, Belen Iraizoz and Garate, Manuel Rapun},
      title = {Technical efficiency in the Spanish agrofood industry},
      journal = {Agricultural Economics: The Journal of the International  Association of Agricultural Economists},
      address = {1997-12},
      number = {968-2016-75474},
      pages = {12},
      year = {1997},
      abstract = {This study estimates frontier production functions with  cross-section data for the Spanish agrofood industry by  using deterministic and
stochastic parametric approaches.  We compute the individual technical efficiency for each  firm, compare the results and explain the
relationship  between technical efficiency and other relevant  quantitative variables. The results indicate that the  Spanish agrofood industry
has a level of efficiency between  68% and 93%; which means that it is potentially capable of  increasing production without increasing its
consumption of  inputs. This efficiency level is positively related to  factor productivity and unitary labour costs.},
      url = {http://ageconsearch.umn.edu/record/174311},
      doi = {https://doi.org/10.22004/ag.econ.174311},
}