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Technical efficiency in the Spanish agrofood industry

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  • Belén Iráizoz Apezteguía
  • Manuel Rapún Gárate

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This study estimates frontier production functions with cross‐section data lor the Spanish agrofood industry by using deterministic and stochastic parameuic approaches. We compute the individual technical efficiency for each firm, compare the results and explain the relationship between technical efficiency and other relevant quantitative variables. The results indicate that the Spanish agrofood industry has a level of efficiency between 68% and 93%; which means that it is potentially capable of increasing production without increasing its Consumption of inputs. This efficiency level is positively related to factor productivity and unitary labour costs.

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  • Belén Iráizoz Apezteguía & Manuel Rapún Gárate, 1997. "Technical efficiency in the Spanish agrofood industry," Agricultural Economics, International Association of Agricultural Economists, vol. 17(2-3), pages 179-189, December.
    • Handle: RePEc:bla:agecon:v:17:y:1997:i:2-3:p:179-189
    DOI: 10.1111/j.1574-0862.1997.tb00472.x
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