The efficiency of the Australian dairy processing industry

Chris Doucouliagos and Phillip Hone

Australian Journal of Agricultural and Resource Economics, 2000, vol. 44, issue 3, 16

Abstract: In this article we analyse trends in the economic performance of the dairy processing industry and evaluate the link between these trends and the deregulation of the industry. Using Stochastic Frontier Analysis to derive Malmquist total factor productivity estimates, we show that the industry exhibits a relatively high level of technical efficiency. Victoria, the major producing state, has been effectively on the frontier over the period studied. In recent years, the rapid expansion in capital investment that has attended the shift towards deregulation, has been accompanied by an apparent slowdown in both productivity growth and technical progress. There is also evidence of a convergence in productivity levels across states.

Keywords: Agribusiness; Livestock Production/Industries (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2000
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DOI: 10.22004/ag.econ.117845

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