Provision of environmental output within a multi-output distance function approachAreal, F., Tiffin, R. and Balcombe, K. (2012) Provision of environmental output within a multi-output distance function approach. Ecological Economics, 78. pp. 47-54. ISSN 0921-8009 Full text not archived in this repository. It is advisable to refer to the publisher's version if you intend to cite from this work. See Guidance on citing. To link to this item DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolecon.2012.03.011 Abstract/SummaryThis paper redefines technical efficiency by incorporating provision of environmental goods as one of the outputs of the farm. The proportion of permanent and rough grassland to total agricultural land area is used as a proxy for the provision of environmental goods. Stochastic frontier analysis was conducted using a Bayesian procedure. The methodology is applied to panel data on 215 dairy farms in England and Wales. Results show that farm efficiency rankings change when provision of environmental outputs by farms is incorporated in the efficiency analysis, which may have important political implications.
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