Report NEP-EFF-2013-06-24

This is the archive for NEP-EFF, a report on new working papers in the area of Efficiency and Productivity. Angelo Zago issued this report. It is usually issued weekly.

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• Mugera, Amin W. & Langemeier, Michael R., 2013. "Contributions Of Productivity And Relative Price Changes To Farm Level Profitability Change," 2013 Annual Meeting, August 4-6, 2013, Washington, D.C. 150639, Agricultural and Applied Economics Association.
• Abdoulaye, Ibrahim Djido & Sanders, John H., 2013. "A Matching Approach to Analyze the Impact of New Agricultural Technologies: Productivity and Technical Efficiency in Niger," 2013 Annual Meeting, August 4-6, 2013, Washington, D.C. 150434, Agricultural and Applied Economics Association.
• Chavas, Jean-Paul & Kim, Kwansoo, 2013. "Nonparametric Analysis of Technology and Productivity under Non-Convexity," 2013 Annual Meeting, August 4-6, 2013, Washington, D.C. 149684, Agricultural and Applied Economics Association.
• Kanter, Christopher A. & Hueth, Brent & Gould, Brian W., 2013. "A Comparative Efficiency Analysis of Cooperative and Non-cooperative Dairy Manufacturing Firms," 2013 Annual Meeting, August 4-6, 2013, Washington, D.C. 150497, Agricultural and Applied Economics Association.
• Hasan, Syed M. & Klaiber, H. Allen & Sheldon, Ian, 2013. "Selection and Agglomeration Impact on Firm's Productivity: A Study of Taiwan's Manufacturing Sector," 2013 Annual Meeting, August 4-6, 2013, Washington, D.C. 149743, Agricultural and Applied Economics Association.
• Mekonnen, Dawit Kelemework & Dorfman, Jeffrey, 2013. "Learning and Synergy in Social Networks: Productivity Impacts of Informal Labor Sharing Arrangements," 2013 Annual Meeting, August 4-6, 2013, Washington, D.C. 149809, Agricultural and Applied Economics Association.
• Arnab Deb, 2013. "Economic Reforms, Capacity Utilization, and Productivity Growth in Indian Manufacturing," Alumni working papers 2013-05, University of Connecticut, Department of Economics.
• Dong, Fengxia & Hennessy, David A. & Jensen, Helen H., 2013. "Size, Productivity and Exit Decisions in Dairy Farms," 2013 Annual Meeting, August 4-6, 2013, Washington, D.C. 150339, Agricultural and Applied Economics Association.
• Wang, Sun Ling & Schimmelpfennig, David & Ball, Eldon, 2013. "Embodied-Technical Change of Farm Tractors in U.S. Agricultural Productivity Analysis: What Does the Hedonic Price Tell Us?," 2013 Annual Meeting, August 4-6, 2013, Washington, D.C. 150198, Agricultural and Applied Economics Association.
• Trindade, Federico J., 2013. "U.S. Crop Yields Redux: Weather Effects versus Human Inputs," 2013 Annual Meeting, August 4-6, 2013, Washington, D.C. 149826, Agricultural and Applied Economics Association.
• Burns, Christopher, 2013. "Correcting for Measurement Error in a Stochastic Frontier Model: A Fishery Context," 2013 Annual Meeting, August 4-6, 2013, Washington, D.C. 150499, Agricultural and Applied Economics Association.
• Elskamp, Rebecca & Hailu, Getu, 2013. "Do Efficient Dairy Producers Purchase Quota?," 2013 Annual Meeting, August 4-6, 2013, Washington, D.C. 149678, Agricultural and Applied Economics Association.
• Silva, Erin & Dong, Fengxia & Mitchell, Paul D. & Hendrickson, John, 2013. "Impact of Marketing Channels on Perceptions of Quality of Life and Profitability for Wisconsin’s Organic Vegetable Farmers," 2013 Annual Meeting, August 4-6, 2013, Washington, D.C. 150337, Agricultural and Applied Economics Association.
• Wagner, Christina & Huettel, Silke & Odening, Martin & Narayana, Rashmi, 2013. "Measuring Dynamic Efficiency under Uncertainty: An Application to German Dairy Farms," 2013 Annual Meeting, August 4-6, 2013, Washington, D.C. 149632, Agricultural and Applied Economics Association.
• Cagdas, Ali D. & Jeffrey, Scott R. & Smith, Elwin G. & Boxall, Peter C., 2013. "Adoption of BMPs and technical inefficiency in Canadian canola production," 2013 Annual Meeting, August 4-6, 2013, Washington, D.C. 150200, Agricultural and Applied Economics Association.
• Sveum, Matthew, 2013. "Effects of Organizational Structure and Governance on Retail Establishment Productivity," 2013 Annual Meeting, August 4-6, 2013, Washington, D.C. 150615, Agricultural and Applied Economics Association.
• Zhang, Hongsong, 2013. "Biased Technology and Contribution of Technological Change to Economic Growth: Firm-Level Evidence," 2013 Annual Meeting, August 4-6, 2013, Washington, D.C. 150225, Agricultural and Applied Economics Association.
• Minegishi, Kota, 2013. "Explaining Production Heterogeneity By Contextual Environments: Two-Stage DEA Application to Technical Change Measurement," 2013 Annual Meeting, August 4-6, 2013, Washington, D.C. 150289, Agricultural and Applied Economics Association.
• Andreia Teixeira Marques Dionísio, 2013. "Effect of the container terminal characteristics on performance," CEFAGE-UE Working Papers 2013_13, University of Evora, CEFAGE-UE (Portugal).
• Boaitey, Albert & Goddard, Ellen & Mohapatra, Sandeep & Basarab, John A. & Miller, Steve & Crowley, John, 2013. "An Evaluation of Alternate Feed Efficiency Estimates in Beef Cattle," 2013 Annual Meeting, August 4-6, 2013, Washington, D.C. 150439, Agricultural and Applied Economics Association.
• Pieralli, Simone, 2013. "Multivariate decomposition of yield difference," 2013 Annual Meeting, August 4-6, 2013, Washington, D.C. 150144, Agricultural and Applied Economics Association.
• Choi, Jangho & Gopinath, Munisamy, 2013. "Structure and Behavior of Multi-product Firms: Evidence from India," 2013 Annual Meeting, August 4-6, 2013, Washington, D.C. 149824, Agricultural and Applied Economics Association.
• Coulibaly, Jeanne Y., 2013. "Impact of Source and Quality on the Demand for Rice Imported in Cote d’Ivoire," 2013 Annual Meeting, August 4-6, 2013, Washington, D.C. 150362, Agricultural and Applied Economics Association.
• Ragasa, Catherine & Berhane, Guush & Tadesse, Fanaye & Taffesse, Alemayehu Seyoum, 2013. "Quality Matters and Not Quantity: Evidence on Productivity Impacts of Extension Service Provision in Ethiopia," 2013 Annual Meeting, August 4-6, 2013, Washington, D.C. 150487, Agricultural and Applied Economics Association.
• Chiputwa, Brian & Kostandini, Genti & Erenstein, Olaf & Kassie, Girma Tesfahun, 2013. "Adoption of Improved Seed, Varietal Diversity and Their Effects on Maize Productivity in Kenya," 2013 Annual Meeting, August 4-6, 2013, Washington, D.C. 150300, Agricultural and Applied Economics Association.
• McGettigan, Teri & Seavert, Clark F., 2013. "Assessing Profit Maximization Strategies for Wheat Production in Anticipation of Climate Change and Demand for Alternative Fuel Crops: A Case Study Approach," 2013 Annual Meeting, August 4-6, 2013, Washington, D.C. 150592, Agricultural and Applied Economics Association.
• Choi, Suk-Won & Ohrel, Sara & Sohngen, Brent, 2013. "Cropland productivity, carbon sequestration, and commodity prices," 2013 Annual Meeting, August 4-6, 2013, Washington, D.C. 150496, Agricultural and Applied Economics Association.
• Sun, Shanxia & Sesmero, Juan & Schoengold, Karina, 2013. "Estimating Production Inefficiency of Alternative Cost-Sharing Arrangements: A Case Study in Groundwater Pumping Decisions," 2013 Annual Meeting, August 4-6, 2013, Washington, D.C. 150285, Agricultural and Applied Economics Association.
• Miguel García-Posada & Juan S. Mora-Sanguinetti, 2013. "Firm size and judicial efficacy: Evidence for the civil procedures in Spain," Working Papers 1303, Banco de España.
• Kabata, Tshepelayi, 2013. "Parametric Distance Function to Efficiency Analysis of Greenhouse Gas Emissions in U.S. Agriculture," 2013 Annual Meeting, August 4-6, 2013, Washington, D.C. 150599, Agricultural and Applied Economics Association.
• Kandilov, Amy M.G. & Kandilov, Ivan T., 2013. "The Impact of Interstate Bank Branching Deregulations on the U.S. Agricultural Sector: From Better Access to Credit to Higher Farm Sales and Profits," 2013 Annual Meeting, August 4-6, 2013, Washington, D.C. 149820, Agricultural and Applied Economics Association.
• Richard Blundell & Claire Crawford & Wenchao (Michelle) Jin, 2013. "What can wages and employment tell us about the UK's productivity puzzle?," IFS Working Papers W13/11, Institute for Fiscal Studies.
• McBride, William D. & Greene, Catherine & Foreman, Linda, 2013. "The Structure and Profitability of Organic Field Corn Production," 2013 Annual Meeting, August 4-6, 2013, Washington, D.C. 149671, Agricultural and Applied Economics Association.
• Carletto,Calogero & Kilic,Talip & Savastano,Sara & Zezza,Alberto & Carletto,Calogero & Kilic,Talip & Savastano,Sara & Zezza,Alberto, 2013. "Missing(ness) in action : selectivity bias in GPS-based land area measurements," Policy Research Working Paper Series 6490, The World Bank.
• Klasen, Stephan & Reimers, Malte, 2013. "Looking at Pro-Poor Growth from an Agricultural Perspective," 2013 Annual Meeting, August 4-6, 2013, Washington, D.C. 149745, Agricultural and Applied Economics Association.
• Yiridoe, Emmanuel K. & Amon-Armah, Frederick & Hebb, Dale & Jamieson, Rob, 2013. "Eco-efficiency of Alternative Cropping Systems Managed in an Agricultural Watershed," 2013 Annual Meeting, August 4-6, 2013, Washington, D.C. 150357, Agricultural and Applied Economics Association.
• Zhang, Wei & Alston, Julian M., 2013. "Factor Substitution and Technical Change in the U.S. Dairy Processing and Manufacturing Industry," 2013 Annual Meeting, August 4-6, 2013, Washington, D.C. 150707, Agricultural and Applied Economics Association.
• Russell, Levi A. & Briggeman, Brian C. & Featherstone, Allen M., 2013. "Debt and Input Misallocation in Farm Supply and Marketing Cooperatives: A DEA Approach," 2013 Annual Meeting, August 4-6, 2013, Washington, D.C. 150445, Agricultural and Applied Economics Association.