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An Analysis of Economic Efficiency of Fruits Farms: the Case of Apples, Pears, and Grapes Farms

과수 재배농가의 경영효율성 분석: 사과·배·포도를 중심으로

  • 이춘수 (고려대학교 식품자원경제학과, 단국대학교 환경자원경제학과) ;
  • 윤성주 (고려대학교 식품자원경제학과) ;
  • 김건아 (고려대학교 식품자원경제학과) ;
  • 양승룡 (고려대학교 식품자원경제학과)
  • Received : 2015.10.18
  • Accepted : 2015.11.04
  • Published : 2015.12.31
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Abstract

This study analyzes an economic efficiencies of apples, pears, and grapes farming. We evaluate an annual economic overall efficiency (OE), allocative efficiency (AE), technology efficiency (TE), pure technology efficiency (PTE), and scale efficiency (SE) using data envelopment analysis (DEA). We also measure returns to scale of farms, and the change of technical efficiency of frontier farms. Lastly we estimate the effects of some explanatory variables on allocative, pure technical, and scale efficiencies.

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