Efficiency and technology gap in China's agriculture: A regional meta-frontier analysis
This paper utilizes a unique county-level dataset to examine technical efficiency and technology gap in China's agriculture. We classify the counties into four regions with distinctive levels of economic development, and hence production technologies. A meta-frontier analysis is used. We find t...
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Published in | China economic review Vol. 19; no. 2; pp. 287 - 296 |
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Main Authors | , |
Format | Journal Article |
Language | English |
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Elsevier Inc
01.06.2008
Elsevier |
Series | China Economic Review |
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Online Access | Get full text |
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Summary: | This paper utilizes a unique county-level dataset to examine technical efficiency and technology gap in China's agriculture. We classify the counties into four regions with distinctive levels of economic development, and hence production technologies. A meta-frontier analysis is used. We find that although the eastern counties have the highest efficiency scores with respect to the regional frontier but the northeastern region leads in terms of agricultural production technology nationwide. Meanwhile, the mean efficiency of the northeastern counties is particularly low, suggesting technology and knowledge diffusion within region might help to improve production efficiency and thus agricultural output. |
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ISSN: | 1043-951X 1873-7781 |
DOI: | 10.1016/j.chieco.2007.03.001 |