Impact of Entry and Exit on Agribusiness-Trucking Industry Efficiency: Stochastic Frontier Analysis

Allen, Albert J.; Shaik, Saleem

doi:10.22004/ag.econ.35413

Impact of Entry and Exit on Agribusiness-Trucking Industry Efficiency: Stochastic Frontier Analysis

In this paper, the impact of entry and exit of firms on the overall efficiency of the industry is examined in the efficiency framework, using agribusiness-trucking firms for the period 1994-2003. Specifically, industry efficiency is compared with and without firms that enter and exit using panel stochastic frontier analysis.

Subject(s):

Agribusiness

Issue Date:

2006

Publication Type:

Conference Paper/ Presentation

DOI and Other Identifiers:

10.22004/ag.econ.35413

Record Identifier:

https://ageconsearch.umn.edu/record/35413

PURL Identifier:

http://purl.umn.edu/35413