Impact of Entry and Exit on Agribusiness-Trucking Industry Efficiency: Stochastic Frontier Analysis

Albert J. Allen and Saleem Shaik

No 35413, 2006 Annual Meeting, February 5-8, 2006, Orlando, Florida from Southern Agricultural Economics Association

Abstract: In this paper, the impact of entry and exit of firms on the overall efficiency of the industry is examined in the efficiency framework, using agribusiness-trucking firms for the period 1994-2003. Specifically, industry efficiency is compared with and without firms that enter and exit using panel stochastic frontier analysis.

Keywords: Agribusiness (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 12
Date: 2006
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DOI: 10.22004/ag.econ.35413

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