Hansson, Helena
- Institutionen för ekonomi, Sveriges lantbruksuniversitet
Sammanfattning
Inefficiency in agricultural production is generally interpreted as waste in the use of production factors. We challenge this by (i) providing an explanation for why apparent inefficiency may result, at least partly, from rational production decisions by farmers and (ii) testing this rational inefficiency hypothesis empirically. Based on multidirectional efficiency analysis of production data from 2013 for 421 Swedish dairy farms and statistical analyses of the inefficiency patterns, we provide support for the existence of rational inefficiency. These findings have clear implications for policy schemes aiming at pushing farms towards the efficient production frontier.
Nyckelord
dairy farms; non-use values; rational inefficiency; use values; multidirectional efficiency analysis (MEA)
Publicerad i
European Review of Agricultural Economics
2020, volym: 47, nummer: 1, sidor: 1-24
SLU författare
Manevska Tasevska, Gordana
- Institutionen för ekonomi, Sveriges lantbruksuniversitet
- Institutionen för ekonomi, Sveriges lantbruksuniversitet
UKÄ forskningsämne
Nationalekonomi
Publikationens identifierare
- DOI: https://doi.org/10.1093/erae/jby042
Permanent länk till denna sida (URI)
https://res.slu.se/id/publ/97935