Efficiency Analysis of Southeastern U.S. Meat Goat Production
Qushim, Berdikul; Gillespie, Jeffrey; McMillin, Kenneth
2015

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Technical efficiency, scale and scope economies, marginal productive contributions for inputs and outputs, and efficiency drivers were determined for the Southeastern U.S meat goat enterprise. The average technical efficiency was 0.88. We find increasing returns to scale and scope economies for Southeastern U.S. meat goat enterprises.

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Title Efficiency Analysis of Southeastern U.S. Meat Goat Production
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Author(s) Qushim, Berdikul
Gillespie, Jeffrey
McMillin, Kenneth
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Issue Date 2015
Publication Type Conference Paper/ Presentation
DOI and Other Identifiers 10.22004/ag.econ.196818
Record Identifier https://ageconsearch.umn.edu/record/196818
PURL Identifier http://purl.umn.edu/196818
Language English
Total Pages 19
JEL Codes Q10
Q12
Record Appears in Southern Agricultural Economics Association (SAEA) > 2015 Annual Meeting, January 31-February 3, 2015, Atlanta, Georgia

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