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The Technical Efficiency of Illinois Grain Farms: An Application of a Ray-Homothetic Production Function

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  • Aly, Hassan Y.
  • Belbase, Krishna
  • Grabowski, Richard
  • Kraft, Steven

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The purpose of this paper is to measure the extent of technical inefficiency among a sample of Illinois grain farms using the corrected ordinary least squares method. Instead of assuming a Cobb-Douglas production function, a linear form of the ray-homothetic is used. The results show a significant amount of technical inefficiency among all the farms in the sample, but with large farms being less technically inefficient than small farms.

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  • Aly, Hassan Y. & Belbase, Krishna & Grabowski, Richard & Kraft, Steven, 1987. "The Technical Efficiency of Illinois Grain Farms: An Application of a Ray-Homothetic Production Function," Journal of Agricultural and Applied Economics, Cambridge University Press, vol. 19(1), pages 69-78, July.
    • Handle: RePEc:cup:jagaec:v:19:y:1987:i:01:p:69-78_01
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