Relative Technical Efficiency: Data Envelopment Analysis and Quebec's Dairy Farms
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- 1 July 1993
- journal article
- Published by Wiley in Canadian Journal of Agricultural Economics/Revue canadienne d'agroeconomie
- Vol. 41 (2) , 169-176
Abstract
Data envelopment analysis (DEA) is used to explore the distribution of productive efficiency across some Quebec dairy farms in 1988 and 1989. Sensitivity checks are made with respect to sample size and herd size. Overall, efficiency scores from the DEA approach are reasonably informative, but some troublesome issues need to be resolvedL'analyse par enveloppement des données (AED) est utilisée afin d'explorer la distribution de l'effica‐cité relative à travers un échantillon de fermes laitières du Québec en 1988 et 1989. Les résultats sont comparés par rapport à la grandeur de l'échantillon et à la grosseur des troupeaux. Globalement. les résultats de l'AED sont interessants et informatifs, mais ils révélent quelques problèmes qui devront être étudiéis de plus prèsKeywords
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