Technical Efficiency in Louisiana Sugar Cane Processing

Jason L. Johnson, Hector O. Zapata and Arthur M. Heagler

Journal of Agribusiness, 1995, vol. 13, issue 2, 14

Abstract: Participants in the Louisiana sugar cane industry have provided little information related to the efficiency of sugar processing operations. Using panel data from the population of Louisiana sugar processors, alternative model specifications are estimated using stochastic frontier methods to measure the technical efficiency of individual sugar factories. Results suggest the Louisiana sugar processing industry is characterized by a constant returns to scale Cobb-Douglas processing function with high technical efficiency.

Keywords: Agribusiness; Productivity Analysis (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 1995
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DOI: 10.22004/ag.econ.90369

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