Measuring and Explaining the Decline in U.S. Cotton Productivity Growth

Cooke, Stephen C.; Sundquist, W. Burt

doi:10.1017/s008130520001788x

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“…CE is measured as a parametric shift in a cost function (Cooke and Sundquist 1991). TFP is the change in the ratio of outputs to inputs; thus, CE is the change in the ratio of inputs to outputs.…”

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confidence: 99%

“…CE is measured as a parametric shift in a cost function (Cooke and Sundquist 1991). Diewert's lemma states that the difference between the values of a quadratic function evaluated at two points is equal to the average of its gradient, evaluated at both points multiplied by the difference between the points (Diewert 1976;Cooke and Sundquist 1991). Denny and Fuss (1983a) developed a general growth accounting methodology for analyzing the sources of intertemporal or interspatial differences in cost efficiency.…”

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“…TFP is the change in the ratio of outputs to inputs; thus, CE is the change in the ratio of inputs to outputs. CE is measured as a parametric shift in a cost function (Cooke and Sundquist 1991). Researchers who have employed this cost efficiency concept include Cooke and Sundquist (1989, 1991, 1993 and Hazilla and Kopp (1988) for agriculture, and Denny, Fuss and May (1981) and Fuss (1983a, 1983b) for industry.…”

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confidence: 99%

“…A special case of this general methodology is Diewert's quadratic lemma, which is consistent with the class of equations that are exact for quadratic functional forms. Diewert's lemma states that the difference between the values of a quadratic function evaluated at two points is equal to the average of its gradient, evaluated at both points multiplied by the difference between the points (Diewert 1976;Cooke and Sundquist 1991).…”

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A Growth Accounting Analysis of Cost Efficiency in Milk Production for Six Northern States in the United States

Cocchi

Bravo‐Ureta

Cooke

1998

Canadian J Agri Economics

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This paper reports on the use of a growth accounting approach to calculate and decompose cost efficiency indices into technical change, regional competitive advantage stemming from spatial effects, and economies of size. Dairy farm data for Connecticut, Maine, Vermont, Michigan, New York and Pennsylvania for the years 1968 are utilized in the analysis. The results show that technological change yielded a 1.8% average annual rate of cost reduction over the period studied. In addition, medium and large farms were, on average, 12% to 20% more efficient than small farms. Pennsylvania had a distinct competitive advantage (13.8%), while Maine exhibited a clear competitive disadvantage (-18.2%) in producing milk relative to New York. Ce papier s'inspire d'une approche de compte de croissance pour évaluer et traduire les index de coût d'efficacité en changement technique et avantage compétitif régional découlant d'une part des effets spaciaux, d'autre part des économies d'échelle. Des données de fermes laitières de Connecticut, Maine, Vermont, Michigan, New York et Pennsylvania pour les années 1968et 1988 ont été utilisées au cours de cette analyse. Les résultats démontrent que le progres technologique a contribué en moyenne à un taux annuel de diminution des coûts d'environ 1.8% durant la période étudiée. En outre, les grandes et moyennes exploitations ont été de 12% à 20% plus performantes que les petites exploitations. Pennsylvania a enregistré un gain de compétitivité (13.8%) dans la production de lait alors que Maine affichait une nette baisse (-18.2%) par rapport à New York.

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Section: Methodological Frameworkmentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Methodological Frameworkmentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Methodological Frameworkmentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Methodological Frameworkmentioning

confidence: 99%

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A Growth Accounting Analysis of Cost Efficiency in Milk Production for Six Northern States in the United States

Cocchi

Bravo‐Ureta

Cooke

1998

Canadian J Agri Economics

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“…Most of the previous studies have used aggregate data to analyse agricultural performance at the state, national or multinational level (Boyle, 1988;Ball, 1985;Jorgenson, 1987;Antle, 1987). A few studies (Sindhu & Bylerlee, 1992 ;Cooke & Sundquist, 1989a, 1989b have used survey data to analyse the performance of 'average' or representative producers by using the TT index.…”

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Long-term productivity growth and sustainability of Greek irrigated agriculture

Islam

Manos

Kamruzzaman

2005

Archives of Agronomy and Soil Science

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The present study examines the long-term productivity growth and sustainability of Greek irrigated agriculture. A log linear trend model was used to measure long-term productivity growth, and the total factor productivity (TFP) approach measures the sustainability of the irrigated production system. A time series database of inputs and outputs data were used for the production period of 1961 -2001 (41 years) which revealed that there is an increasing trend in the irrigated area of the country. The annual growth rate of the irrigated area is 2.6% during this time period. The long-term trends in yields of crops grown in irrigated agriculture are positive. Fertilizer use rate per ha sharply increases during this period. The productivity of irrigated Greek agriculture also increases over the time period as a result of the introduction of High Yielding Variety (HYV), seed, fertilizer and water technology. The measurement of TFP indices indicates that the long-term trend in productivity growth of irrigated Greek agricultural system is positive. The result implies that the irrigated Greek agricultural production system has longterm sustainability. The result also indicates that fertilizer, fixed capital, rainfall and temperature are positively contributing to the mean production of Greek irrigated agriculture. On the other hand, pesticide, labour and fixed capital reduces variability of irrigated agriculture. To this end, long-term agricultural sustainability depends on patterns of input use.

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