@article{Barath:229061,
      recid = {229061},
      author = {Barath, Lajos and Ferto, Imre and Bojnec, Stefan},
      title = {Are Farms in Less Favoured Areas Less Efficient?},
      address = {2015},
      number = {1008-2016-79885},
      pages = {19},
      year = {2015},
      abstract = {This paper investigates farm technical efficiency (TE),  taking into account technological heterogeneity among farms  in the case of the Slovenian Farm Accountancy Data Network  sample of farms in the 2007-2010 period. A random parameter  model is used to analyse inter- and intra-sectoral  heterogeneity of farms. The empirical results confirmed  that it is important to handle both inter- and  intra-sectoral heterogeneity. Additionally the estimations  based on propensity score matching (PSM) demonstrated that  farms in less favoured areas (LFAs) are slightly  technically less efficient than farms in non-LFAs. However,  combined PSM and difference in difference estimator cast  serious doubts that LFA farms are less efficient in terms  of TE. Both groups of farms are able to adopt technologies  to natural and other conditions for their operation.},
      url = {http://ageconsearch.umn.edu/record/229061},
      doi = {https://doi.org/10.22004/ag.econ.229061},
}