Efficiency Measures in the Agricultural Sector : With Applications /

Bibliographic Details
Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
Other Authors: Mendes, Armando. (Editor), L. D. G. Soares da Silva, Emiliana. (Editor), Azevedo Santos, Jorge M. (Editor)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands : Imprint: Springer, 2013.
Edition:1st ed. 2013.
Subjects:
Table of Contents:
  • Contents:
  • Part I Efficiency Measures and Methods
  • 1 Efficiency Measures in the Agricultural Sector: The Beginning
  • 2 Review of Frontier Models and Efficiency Analysis: A Parametric Approach
  • 3 Introduction to Data Envelopment Analysis
  • 4 Superefficiency and Multiplier Adjustment in Data Envelopment Analysis
  • Part II Farm Efficiency
  • 5 An Application of Data Envelopment Analysis (DEA) in Azores Dairy Farms
  • 6 Animal Grazing System Efficiency
  • 7 Technical Efficiency of the Spanish Dairy Processing Industry: Do Size and Exporting Matter?
  • 8 Inefficiency in Animal Production - A Parametric Approach
  • 9 Azorean Agriculture Efficiency by PAR
  • 10 Sustainable Tourism and Agriculture Multifunctionality by PAR: A Variable Selection Approach
  • 11 The Importance of Subsidies in Azorean Dairy Farms Efficiency
  • 12 Multi-Ouput Technical Efficiency in the Olive Oil Industry and its Relation to the Form of Business Organisation
  • 13 Efficiency Assessment: Final Remarks
  • Index.