The purpose of this paper is to briefly trace the evolution of DEA from the initial publication
by Charnes et al.(1978b) to the current state of the art (SOA). The state of development of …

Empirical studies of economies of size in agriculture have generally found the cost curve to
be “L”‐shaped. Changes in the structure of agriculture over time are not necessarily …

This book presents a mathematical programming approach to the analysis of production
frontiers and efficiency measurement. The authors construct a variety of production frontiers …

A meta-regression analysis including 167 farm level technical efficiency (TE) studies of
developing and developed countries was undertaken. The econometric results suggest that …

This paper analyzes the sequential decision to adopt two site‐specific technologies, soil
testing and variable rate technology, and the impact of adoption on nitrogen productivity …

This paper presents a stochastic efficiency decomposition model based on Kopp and
Diewert's deterministic methodology. The stochastic model is used to analyze technical …

A nonparametric analysis of technical, allocative, scale, and scope efficiency of agricultural
production is presented based on a sample of Wisconsin farmers. The results indicate the …

This paper attempts to identify sources of resource use inefficiency for cotton production in
Pakistan's Punjab. The use of a non‐parametric method, Data Envelopment Analysis (DEA) …

This article examines the impact of fixed effects production functions vis-à-vis stochastic
production frontiers on technical efficiency measures. An unbalanced panel consisting of 96 …

The technical efficiency of Portuguese dairy farms is measured using frontier production
functions estimated from panel data. Alternative estimators are compared and evaluated …