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标题：TECHNICAL EFFICIENCY OF NEW YORK DAIRY FARMS
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作者：Tauer, Loren W. ; Belbase, Krishna P.
期刊名称：Journal of Food Distribution Research
印刷版ISSN：0047-245X
出版年度：1987
页码：10-16
出版社：Food Distribution Research Society
摘要：The technical efficiencies of New York dairy farms were estimated using a frontier production function. The average farm was 69 percent efficient. Individual farm efficiency was regressed on variables not considered inputs to explain why a farm was not on the frontier. Favorable location in the state and larger size (cows) as proxies for technology lead to greater efficiency. Participation in the Dairy Herd Improvement Cooperative and use of mail-in computerized records as proxies for management result in a reduction in efficiency. However, only 9 percent of variation in farm efficiency could be explained.