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Assessing the Total Factor Productivity of Cotton Production in Egypt
The main objective of this paper is to decompose the productivity growth of Egyptian cotton production. We employ the stochastic frontier approach and decompose the changes in total factor productivity (CTFP) growth into four components: technical progress (TP), changes in scale component (CSC), cha...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4308109/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25625318 http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0116085 |
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author | Rodríguez, Xosé A. Elasraag, Yahia H. |
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description | The main objective of this paper is to decompose the productivity growth of Egyptian cotton production. We employ the stochastic frontier approach and decompose the changes in total factor productivity (CTFP) growth into four components: technical progress (TP), changes in scale component (CSC), changes in allocative efficiency (CAE), and changes in technical efficiency (CTE). Considering a situation of scarce statistical information, we propose four alternative empirical models, with the purpose of looking for convergence in the results. The results provide evidence that in this production system total productivity does not increase, which is mainly due to the negative average contributions of CAE and TP. Policy implications are offered in light of the results. |
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spelling | pubmed-43081092015-02-06 Assessing the Total Factor Productivity of Cotton Production in Egypt Rodríguez, Xosé A. Elasraag, Yahia H. PLoS One Research Article The main objective of this paper is to decompose the productivity growth of Egyptian cotton production. We employ the stochastic frontier approach and decompose the changes in total factor productivity (CTFP) growth into four components: technical progress (TP), changes in scale component (CSC), changes in allocative efficiency (CAE), and changes in technical efficiency (CTE). Considering a situation of scarce statistical information, we propose four alternative empirical models, with the purpose of looking for convergence in the results. The results provide evidence that in this production system total productivity does not increase, which is mainly due to the negative average contributions of CAE and TP. Policy implications are offered in light of the results. Public Library of Science 2015-01-27 /pmc/articles/PMC4308109/ /pubmed/25625318 http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0116085 Text en © 2015 Rodríguez, Elasraag http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are properly credited. |
spellingShingle | Research Article Rodríguez, Xosé A. Elasraag, Yahia H. Assessing the Total Factor Productivity of Cotton Production in Egypt |
title | Assessing the Total Factor Productivity of Cotton Production in Egypt |
title_full | Assessing the Total Factor Productivity of Cotton Production in Egypt |
title_fullStr | Assessing the Total Factor Productivity of Cotton Production in Egypt |
title_full_unstemmed | Assessing the Total Factor Productivity of Cotton Production in Egypt |
title_short | Assessing the Total Factor Productivity of Cotton Production in Egypt |
title_sort | assessing the total factor productivity of cotton production in egypt |
topic | Research Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4308109/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25625318 http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0116085 |
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