In this paper recent developments in the estimation of frontier functions and the
measurement of efficiency are surveyed, and the potential applicability of these methods in …

This article reviews and critiques the frontier literature dealing with farm level efficiency in
developing countries. A total of 30 studies from 14 different countries are examined. The …

The modelling and estimation of frontier production functions has been an important area of
econometric research during the last two decades. Försund, Lovell and Schmidt (1980) and …

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 presents measures of technical (TE), economic (EE), and allocative (AE)
efficiency for a sample of sixty peasant farmers in the Dajabon region of the Dominican …

This paper contributes to the productivity literature in developing country agriculture by
quantifying the level of efficiency for a sample of peasant farmers from Eastern Paraguay. A …

Productive efficiency for Chinese hybrid and conventional rice production is estimated using
a dual stochastic frontier efficiency decomposition model. Results reveal significant …

In this paper we fit stochastic frontier production functions to data of Chinese farms grouped
into each of four regions—North, Northeast, East, and Southwest—over 1995–1999. These …

The paper examines the economic performance of a large number of African countries using
an international comparable data set and the latest technique for analysis. The paper …

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