@article{Revoredo-Giha:61106,
      recid = {61106},
      author = {Revoredo-Giha, Cesar and Leat, Philip M.K. and Milne,  Catherine E.},
      title = {A structural change analysis of the cost efficiency of  farms in Scotland 1989-2008},
      address = {2010-04},
      number = {699-2016-47934},
      pages = {13},
      year = {2010},
      abstract = {One of the aims of the reform of the Common Agricultural  Policy (CAP) is to increase the
competitiveness of farmers  through increasing their exposure to markets. An aspect of  competitiveness is the gains in economic efficiency. Thus,  the purpose of this paper is to estimate indicators of farm  efficiency for the period 1989 to 2008 by farm type and to  analyse what the effect on efficiency of changes in the CAP  has been. In terms of the methodology, the information used  comes from the Scottish Farm Account Scheme (FAS) survey,  which allows us to assemble panel dataset and to construct  cost efficiency indicators. The results indicate while  mixed farms and lowland farms have maintain their levels of  efficiency. LFA
farms have seen their efficiency reduced  since approximately 2004 or 2005 (especially LFA sheep farm  specialists). Also, the analysis shows that there seems to  be an increase in the dispersion of farmers in terms of  efficiency for some farm types in periods of change in  agricultural policy.},
      url = {http://ageconsearch.umn.edu/record/61106},
      doi = {https://doi.org/10.22004/ag.econ.61106},
}