TECHNOLOGY ADOPTION AND TECHNICAL EFFICIENCY: ORGANIC AND CONVENTIONAL DAIRY FARMS IN THE UNITED STATES

被引：121
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作者：
Mayen, Carlos D. [1 ]
Balagtas, Joseph V. [2 ]
Alexander, Corinne E. [2 ]
机构：
[1] New Mexico State Univ, Dept Agr Econ & Agr Business, Las Cruces, NM 88003 USA
[2] Purdue Univ, Dept Agr Econ, W Lafayette, IN 47907 USA
来源：
AMERICAN JOURNAL OF AGRICULTURAL ECONOMICS | 2010年 / 92卷 / 01期
基金：
美国农业部;
关键词：
dairy; organic; productivity; propensity score matching; self-selection; stochastic frontier; technical efficiency; FRONTIER PRODUCTION FUNCTION; PROPENSITY SCORE; SYSTEMS; INEFFICIENCY; CAUSAL; LEVEL; MODEL;
D O I：
10.1093/ajae/aap018
中图分类号：
F3 [农业经济];
学科分类号：
0202 ; 020205 ; 1203 ;
摘要：
We compare productivity and technical efficiency of organic and conventional dairy farms in the United States. We address self-selection into organic farming by using propensity score matching and explicitly test the hypothesis that organic and conventional farms employ a single, homogeneous technology. Utilizing the 2005 Agricultural Resource Management Survey on Dairy Costs and Returns Report (ARMS) data, we reject the homogeneous technology hypothesis and find that the organic dairy technology is approximately 13% less productive. However, we find little difference in technical efficiency between organic and conventional farms when technical efficiency is measured against the appropriate technology.
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页码：181 / 195
页数：15
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