Technical Efficiency Estimates of Scottish Agriculture: A Note |
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| Authors: | Andrew Barnes |
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| Institution: | 1. Andrew Barnes is based in the Land Economy Research Division, SAC, West Mains Road, Edinburgh EH 9 3JG, UK. Tel.: 0131 535 4042. E‐mail: for correspondence. The author thanks two anonymous referees and the editor for their helpful comments;2. however, any remaining errors remain with the author. The author also thanks Neil Grant and Tom Sharp of the Scottish Government for supply of data and help. This study is funded as part of the Scottish Government research work packages programme. |
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| Abstract: | Within the UK there has been a lack of studies of technical efficiency at the Scottish level. This note compares the results obtained using Scottish data with a recent study by Hadley Journal of Agricultural Economics (2006) Vol. 57, pp. 81–100] for English and Welsh farms. Four major sectors are investigated, namely: (i) cereals, (ii) dairy, (iii) sheep and (iv) beef over the period 1989 to 2004. Some distinct differences in efficiencies, returns to scale and causes of efficiency are found. |
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| Keywords: | Inefficiency effects stochastic frontiers technical efficiency D24 Q12 Q3 |
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