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Total factor productivity convergence in the eu agriculture

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  • Mariusz Hamulczuk

    (Institute of Agricultural and Food Economics – National Research Institute, Warsaw, Poland)

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Productivity is considered to be an important factor underlying the economic growth. The progressive integration processes in Europe, the EU enlargement and covering the new EU Member States (NMS) with the structural funds should promote the equalization of the efficiency of agriculture among the countries. In this context, the subject of the paper is an attempt to answer the question whether the convergence processes occur in the EU agriculture in terms of productivity. More specifically, the subject of the studies is total factor productivity (TFP) and unconditional convergence. TFP for the individual EU countries has been estimated using the DEA method and Malmquist indices. Sigma-, beta- and stochastic convergence was analysed. For the assessment of the convergence process, methods based both on cross-sectional data and on panel data have been applied. The results show that we are dealing with the convergence processes, in particular in case of NMS.

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  • Mariusz Hamulczuk, 2015. "Total factor productivity convergence in the eu agriculture," International Conference on Competitiveness of Agro-food and Environmental Economy Proceedings, The Bucharest University of Economic Studies, vol. 4, pages 34-43.
    • Handle: RePEc:aes:icafee:v:4:y:2015:p:34-43
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