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Measurement and Explanation of Technical Efficiency Performance in Ukrainian Agriculture, 1991–1996

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  28 April 2015

Olga I. Murova ,
Michael A. Trueblood  and
Keith H. Coble
Olga I. Murova
Affiliation:
Department of Agricultural Economics and Agribusiness, University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, AR
Michael A. Trueblood
Affiliation:
Economic Research Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture, Washington, D.C
Keith H. Coble
Affiliation:
Department of Agricultural Economics, Mississippi State University, Mississippi State, MS
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Abstract

The present study examines technical efficiency patterns in Ukraine's crop sector for 1991-1996. The economic and policy environment in Ukraine has changed since reform began in 1991. Many policy changes have exerted offsetting economic pressures on efficiency. Enterprise privatization and the liberalization of prices and trade put upward pressure on technical efficiency, whereas start-stop land privatization efforts, unpredictable government intervention, and slow developments in the credit and labor markets put downward pressure on efficiency. We found that technical efficiency appears to have improved slightly over the 1991-1996 period, suggesting that the positive forces had more impact.

Keywords

Data envelopment analysisenterprise privatizationinefficiencyprice liberalizationproductivitystochastic frontier analysistechnical efficiencyD29E23E66O38P32
Type
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Journal of Agricultural and Applied Economics , Volume 36 , Issue 1 , April 2004 , pp. 185 - 198
Copyright
Copyright © Southern Agricultural Economics Association 2004

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