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标题：PRODUCTIVITY GROWTH IN THE CARIBBEAN: A MEASURE OF KEY COMPONENTS
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作者：Hutchinson, Sharon D. ; Langham, Max R.
期刊名称：Journal of Food Distribution Research
印刷版ISSN：0047-245X
出版年度：1999
期号：SUPPL
出版社：Food Distribution Research Society
摘要：Malmquist indexes of multifactor productivity (MFP) in the agricultural sectors were estimated for the period 1961 to 1991. The selected Caribbean countries were: Cuba, Dominican Republic, Guyana, Jamaica, Suriname and Trinidad & Tobago. The Malmquist indexes were further partitioned into indexes of relative efficiency change and technical change. All countries exhibited, on average, a decline in agricultural productivity over the sample period. Jamaica displayed the smallest average productivity fall of 0.7%, followed by Guyana and Trinidad & Tobago (both 0.8%). The largest average decline was by Cuba (3.2%). Out of a total 30 periods of innovation, Cuba lead the set with 16 contributions. This was followed by Trinidad & Tobago and Jamaica, with 14 and 13 contributions, respectively. Guyana made only one contribution to a shift in the production frontier. Estimates of the Malmquist productivity index for Jamaica and Trinidad & Tobago were also compared to T.rnqvist-Theil estimates of MFP for 1963 to 1990. The average rate of growth for these two countries were –0.9% and –0.6% respectively.
关键词：Multifactor Productivity; Malmquist Indexes; Caribbean Agriculture; ;Relative Efficiency; Technical Efficiency