Conditional FDH efficiency, income dispersion and market imperfections: the case of the Brazilian agricultural census of 2006.

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Author(s): SOUZA, G. da S. e; GOMES, E. G.

Summary: In this article we assess the effect of market imperfections and income inequality on rural production efficiency. The analysis is carried out using the notion of stochastic conditional efficiency computed in terms of free disposal hull (FDH) efficiency measurements. Free disposal hull and conditional FDH are output oriented with variable returns scale.

Publication year: 2015

Types of publication: Paper in annals and proceedings

Keywords: Conditional FDH, DEA-Data Envelopment Analysis, Fractional regression, GMM, Pesquisa agrícola, Rural income dispersion

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