A Comparison of the Efficiency of Proucers Under Collective and Individual Modes of Organization

Michael J. Martin and Timothy G. Taylor

No 237438, International Working Paper Series from University of Florida, Food and Resource Economics Department

Abstract: This paper compares the technical and allocative efficiencies of collective and individual production systems. The producers under study are members of Honduran agrarian reform cooperatives who engage in collective and/or individual production of maize. Debreu-Farrell technical efficiencies are calculated relative to a stochastic production frontier. Allocative efficiencies are obtained from an analytically derived cost frontier. Results indicate that collective systems are slightly more efficient than individual production systems.

Keywords: Industrial Organization; Production Economics (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 28
Date: 1997-04
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DOI: 10.22004/ag.econ.237438

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