Efficiency and Farm Size in Philippine Aquaculture. Analysis in a Ray Production Frontier Framework

We investigate the existence of an inverse relationship (IR) between farm size and technical efficiency in Philippine brackishwater pond aquaculture. The study is motivated by the exemption of fish ponds from the Comprehensive Agrarian Reform Laws and suggestions in the literature of inefficient man...

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Main Authors: Xavier Irz, James Stevenson
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Firenze University Press 2012-07-01
Series:Bio-based and Applied Economics
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Online Access:https://oaj.fupress.net/index.php/bae/article/view/3224