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Measurement of cost inefficiency with safety first measure of risk

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  • Ashok Parikh
  • Mir Kalan Shah

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The objectives of this paper are to incorporate a measure of risk aversion in the translog frontier cost function to estimate cost inefficiency. Risk‐averse behaviour of farmers is hypothesised to reduce efficiency by leading to a situation in which the marginal value product of an input is less than price. In developing agriculture, farmers are aware of their subsistence needs and seek to minimize the probability of their incomes falling below a disaster level of income. Using such a safety first principle, a measure of risk‐taking is developed and explained by socio‐economic characteristics. This measure is used in the translog cost function as a fixed input and, using the frontier approach (with half normal distribution of inefficiency disturbance), a measure of cost inefficiency is obtained. This is related to socio‐economic characteristics such as education, assets and holding size. A survey data of 436 farmers for the North‐West Frontier Province of Pakistan is used to reach policy conclusions for reducing cost inefficiency.

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  • Ashok Parikh & Mir Kalan Shah, 1994. "Measurement of cost inefficiency with safety first measure of risk," Agricultural Economics, International Association of Agricultural Economists, vol. 11(2-3), pages 197-206, December.
    • Handle: RePEc:bla:agecon:v:11:y:1994:i:2-3:p:197-206
    DOI: 10.1111/j.1574-0862.1994.tb00332.x
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