Measurement and Explanation of Technical Efficiency Performance in Ukrainian Agriculture, 1991-1996

Olga I. Murova (), Michael A. Trueblood and Keith H. Coble

Journal of Agricultural & Applied Economics, 2004, vol. 36, issue 1, pages 185-198

Abstract: This study examines technical efficiency patterns in Ukraine's crop sector for 1991-1996. The economic and policy environment in Ukraine has changed since reform began in 1991. Many policy changes have exerted offsetting economic pressures on efficiency. Enterprise privatization and liberalization of prices and trade put upward pressure on technical efficiency, while start-stop land privatization efforts, unpredictable government intervention, and slow developments in credit and labor markets put downward pressure on efficiency. This study finds that technical efficiency appears to have improved slightly over the 1991-1996 period, suggesting that the positive forces had more impact.

Keywords: data envelopment analysis; enterprise privatization; inefficiency; price liberalization; productivity; stochastic frontier analysis; technical efficiency (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: D29 E23 E66 O38 P32 (search for similar items in EconPapers)

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