A comparison of the efficiency of producers under collective and individual modes of organisationMichael Martin and
Timothy G. Taylor ()
Colombian Economic Journal, 2003, vol. 1, issue 1, pages 245-266 Abstract: This paper compares collective and individual production systems’ technical and allocative efficiency. The producers being studied belong to Honduran agrarian reform cooperatives engaging in collective and/or individual maize production. Debreu-Farrell technical efficiency related to stochastic production is calculated. Allocative efficiency is obtained from an analytically derived cost frontier. Results indicate that collective systems are slightly more efficient than individual production systems. Worker-shirking (one of the most cited theoretical arguments against collective forms of enterprise) would seem to have no empirical basis from these results Keywords: cooperative; technical and allocative efficiencies; stochastic production frontier; cooperative enterprises (search for similar items in EconPapers) Downloads: (external link) Related works: Export reference: BibTeX RIS (EndNote, ProCite, RefMan) HTML/Text Persistent link: http://EconPapers.repec.org/RePEc:cej:primer:v:1:y:2003:i:1:p:245-266 Ordering information: This journal article can be ordered from Access Statistics for this article Colombian Economic Journal is edited by Mauricio Perez Salazar More articles in Colombian Economic Journal from Academia Colombiana de Ciencias Economicas, Colegio Mayor de Nuestra Senora del Rosario, Pontificia Universidad Javeriana, Universidad de Antioquia, Universidad de los Andes, Universidad del Valle, Universidad Externado de Colombia, Universidad Nacional de Colombia |
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