Technical efficiency and total factor productivity changes in European dairy farm sectors

Abstract This paper aims to evaluate the technical efficiency and the total factor productivity change of dairy farms in EU countries. Analyses were carried out in order to determine which countries showed the best performance adaptations when the quota regime was relaxed and to evaluate the technic...

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Main Authors: Fabio A. Madau, Roberto Furesi, Pietro Pulina
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: SpringerOpen 2017-09-01
Series:Agricultural and Food Economics
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Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s40100-017-0085-x