Productive Efficiency of the Swine Industry in Hawaii: Stochastic Frontier vs. Data Envelopment Analysis

Khem Sharma (), Pingsun Leung () and Halina Zaleski ()

Journal of Productivity Analysis, 1997, vol. 8, issue 4, 447-459

Abstract: Improving productive efficiency is an increasingly important determinant of the future of the swine industry in Hawaii. This paper examines the productive efficiency of a sample of swine producers in Hawaii by estimating a stochastic frontier production function and the constant returns to scale (CRS) and variable returns to scale (VRS) output-oriented DEA models. The technical efficiency estimates obtained from the two frontier techniques are compared. The scale properties are also examined under the two approaches. The industry's potential for increasing production through improved efficiency is also discussed. Copyright Kluwer Academic Publishers 1997

Keywords: Productive efficiency; stochastic production frontier; data envelopment analysis; swine industry (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 1997
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