Measuring technical efficiency in the presence of pesticide spillovers and production uncertainty: The case of Dutch arable farms

European Journal of Operational Research

Volumn 223, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 550-559

  Skevas, Theodoros ^a   Lansink, Alfons Oude ^a   Stefanou, Spiro E ^a,b  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Data envelopment analysis; Pesticides; Production uncertainty; Russell type measure; Systems dynamics

Indexed keywords

ARABLE FARMS; BOOTSTRAP APPROACH; CROP DAMAGES; CURRENT PRODUCTION; DYNAMIC DATA; DYNAMIC EFFECTS; DYNAMIC IMPACTS; EFFICIENCY EVALUATION; PRODUCTION DECISIONS; PRODUCTION ENVIRONMENTS; PRODUCTION TECHNOLOGY; PRODUCTION UNCERTAINTY; RUSSELL TYPE MEASURE; STOCHASTIC ELEMENTS; SYSTEMS DYNAMICS; TECHNICAL EFFICIENCY;

AGRICULTURE; BIODIVERSITY; DATA ENVELOPMENT ANALYSIS; PESTICIDES;

PESTICIDE EFFECTS;

EID: 84864611450     PISSN: 03772217     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejor.2012.06.034     Document Type: Article

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