The rate of technical change in Finnish agriculture, 1960 to 1990
The last major study of the productivity of Finnish agriculture using index numbers was completed in 1970. Since that study, there have been significant advances in duality theory and flexible functional forms. Similarly, the progress in the relationship between specific index numbers and production...
| Main Author: | |
|---|---|
| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
| Published: |
Scientific Agricultural Society of Finland
1994-03-01
|
| Series: | Agricultural and Food Science |
| Online Access: | https://journal.fi/afs/article/view/72689 |
| _version_ | 1811268421489262592 |
|---|---|
| author | Eric N. Sims |
| author_facet | Eric N. Sims |
| author_sort | Eric N. Sims |
| collection | DOAJ |
| description | The last major study of the productivity of Finnish agriculture using index numbers was completed in 1970. Since that study, there have been significant advances in duality theory and flexible functional forms. Similarly, the progress in the relationship between specific index numbers and production technologies has allowed a specific quantity index to be termed ‘superlative.’ The new techniques of measuring productivity are applied here to examine intertemporal productivity growth in Finnish agriculture from 1960 to 1990. During the period examined, the average annual rate of technical change is 3.6%. This rate is slightly greater than those reported for the U.K. and Ireland. |
| first_indexed | 2024-04-12T21:21:33Z |
| format | Article |
| id | doaj.art-7a7568af1224444e89848c7dd212347b |
| institution | Directory Open Access Journal |
| issn | 1459-6067 1795-1895 |
| language | English |
| last_indexed | 2024-04-12T21:21:33Z |
| publishDate | 1994-03-01 |
| publisher | Scientific Agricultural Society of Finland |
| record_format | Article |
| series | Agricultural and Food Science |
| spelling | doaj.art-7a7568af1224444e89848c7dd212347b2022-12-22T03:16:17ZengScientific Agricultural Society of FinlandAgricultural and Food Science1459-60671795-18951994-03-0132The rate of technical change in Finnish agriculture, 1960 to 1990Eric N. Sims0Agricultural Economics Research Institute, P.O. Box 3, FIN-00410 Helsinki, FinlandThe last major study of the productivity of Finnish agriculture using index numbers was completed in 1970. Since that study, there have been significant advances in duality theory and flexible functional forms. Similarly, the progress in the relationship between specific index numbers and production technologies has allowed a specific quantity index to be termed ‘superlative.’ The new techniques of measuring productivity are applied here to examine intertemporal productivity growth in Finnish agriculture from 1960 to 1990. During the period examined, the average annual rate of technical change is 3.6%. This rate is slightly greater than those reported for the U.K. and Ireland.https://journal.fi/afs/article/view/72689 |
| spellingShingle | Eric N. Sims The rate of technical change in Finnish agriculture, 1960 to 1990 Agricultural and Food Science |
| title | The rate of technical change in Finnish agriculture, 1960 to 1990 |
| title_full | The rate of technical change in Finnish agriculture, 1960 to 1990 |
| title_fullStr | The rate of technical change in Finnish agriculture, 1960 to 1990 |
| title_full_unstemmed | The rate of technical change in Finnish agriculture, 1960 to 1990 |
| title_short | The rate of technical change in Finnish agriculture, 1960 to 1990 |
| title_sort | rate of technical change in finnish agriculture 1960 to 1990 |
| url | https://journal.fi/afs/article/view/72689 |
| work_keys_str_mv | AT ericnsims therateoftechnicalchangeinfinnishagriculture1960to1990 AT ericnsims rateoftechnicalchangeinfinnishagriculture1960to1990 |