The effect of intensification on dairy farm efficiency

[EN] This study analyzes the differences on production cost associated with the intensificationof production for a sample of dairy farms in Asturias. In doing so, we account for two methodological is-sues which are not usually considered in the empirical literature. On the one hand, we allow for dif...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores: Álvarez, Antonio, del Corral, Julio, Pérez, José Antonio, Solís, Daniel
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Fecha de publicación:2007
País:España
Institución:Universitat Politècnica de València (UPV)
Repositorio:RiuNet. Repositorio Institucional de la Universitat Politécnica de Valéncia
Idioma:español
OAI Identifier:oai:riunet.upv.es:10251/112527
Acceso en línea:https://riunet.upv.es/handle/10251/112527
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Análisis cluster
Eficiencia
Función de costes ex ante
Intensificación
Cluster analysis
Efficiency
Ex ante cost function
Intensification
Descripción
Sumario:[EN] This study analyzes the differences on production cost associated with the intensificationof production for a sample of dairy farms in Asturias. In doing so, we account for two methodological is-sues which are not usually considered in the empirical literature. On the one hand, we allow for differenttechnologies within the sample. On the other hand, we estimate ex ante cost functions, which use ‘plan-ned output’instead of the traditional ex postapproach which uses the ‘observed output’. Our results showa positive relation between intensification and efficiency.