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Determinants of technical efficiency in agriculture in new EU member states from Central and Eastern Europe

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  • Štefan Bojnec

    (University of Primorska Faculty of Management, Koper, Slovenia)

  • Imre Fertő

    (Hungarian Academy of Sciences Centre for Economic and Regional Studies, Institute of Economics (MTA KRTK KTI), Budapest, Hungary
    University of Budapest Department of Agricultural Economics and Rural Development of the Corvinus, Budapest, Hungary)

  • Attila Jámbor

    (University of Budapest Department of Agricultural Economics and Rural Development of the Corvinus, Budapest, Hungary)

  • József Tóth

    (University of Budapest Department of Agricultural Economics and Rural Development of the Corvinus Budapest Hungary)

Abstract

Technical efficiency in agriculture of 10 new EU member states is analysed by Data Envelopment Analysis and econometric panel data analysis. Technical efficiency in agriculture is significantly positively associated with agricultural factor endowments, average farm size, farm specialisation, small-scale farms, and technological change. Foreign direct investments have an ambiguous effect. Reform and institutional developments, large-scale privatisation and price liberalisation, and urban- rural income gap are associated with technical efficiency in agriculture positively. An increase in technical efficiency in agriculture and the development of the rural economy are seen as a strategy to boost the level of living standards in agriculture and in rural areas.

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  • Štefan Bojnec & Imre Fertő & Attila Jámbor & József Tóth, 2014. "Determinants of technical efficiency in agriculture in new EU member states from Central and Eastern Europe," Acta Oeconomica, Akadémiai Kiadó, Hungary, vol. 64(2), pages 197-217, June.
    • Handle: RePEc:aka:aoecon:v:64:y:2014:i:2:p:197-217
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    Keywords

    technical efficiency; agriculture; agricultural structures; institutions; policy reforms; Central and Eastern Europe;
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    JEL classification:

    • C14 - Mathematical and Quantitative Methods - - Econometric and Statistical Methods and Methodology: General - - - Semiparametric and Nonparametric Methods: General
    • C23 - Mathematical and Quantitative Methods - - Single Equation Models; Single Variables - - - Models with Panel Data; Spatio-temporal Models
    • Q12 - Agricultural and Natural Resource Economics; Environmental and Ecological Economics - - Agriculture - - - Micro Analysis of Farm Firms, Farm Households, and Farm Input Markets

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