Efficiency Analysis of Agricultural Cooperatives in Trentino-Alto Adige

Darina Zaimova, George Zheliazkov and Julia Doitchinova

Economic Studies journal, 2018, issue 4, 176-203

Abstract: Collective organization of agricultural production is assumed to be a sufficient choice taking into a consideration a several reasons why mergers of existing farms promote efficiency, such as: increase in optimal scale from reduced duplication; reduced transaction costs; synergies from complementary activities; and improved management and coordination.Data envelopment approach (DEA) is applied to the input and output variables to reveal the efficiency levels of cooperatives in Trentino-Alto Adige in Italy. The analysis is also developed to estimate input utilization and changes that might occur in terms of their optimizations and higher level output.

JEL-codes: C14 D61 P13 P32 Q13 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2018
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