PRODUCTIVITY AND EFFICIENCY OF U.S. MEAT GOAT FARMS

Berdikul Qushim, Jeffrey Gillespie and Kenneth McMillin

No 162435, 2014 Annual Meeting, February 1-4, 2014, Dallas, Texas from Southern Agricultural Economics Association

Abstract: This study determines scale and technical efficiencies, productivity, other economic performance measures, and efficiency drivers for U.S. meat goat operations. We estimate an input distance function (IDF) using stochastic production frontier techniques (SPF). Empirical Monte Carlo (MC) simulation techniques are used to show the consistency of small-sample properties for the IDF.

Keywords: Farm Management; Livestock Production/Industries; Production Economics; Productivity Analysis (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 17
Date: 2014
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DOI: 10.22004/ag.econ.162435

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