Parametric decomposition of the Malmquist index in output-oriented distance function: Productivity in Chinese agriculture

This paper decomposes the Malmquist productivity index into several assembling components: technical change (further break down into technical change magnitude, input bias and output bias), technical efficiency change, scale efficiency change, and output-mix effect. A translog output distance functi...

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Autores principales: Yu, Bingxin, Liao, Xiyuan, Shen, Hongfang
Formato: Journal Article
Lenguaje:Inglés
Publicado: Scientific Research Publishing, Inc. 2014
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Acceso en línea:https://hdl.handle.net/10568/149951
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author Yu, Bingxin
Liao, Xiyuan
Shen, Hongfang
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Shen, Hongfang
Yu, Bingxin
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Liao, Xiyuan
Shen, Hongfang
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description This paper decomposes the Malmquist productivity index into several assembling components: technical change (further break down into technical change magnitude, input bias and output bias), technical efficiency change, scale efficiency change, and output-mix effect. A translog output distance function is chosen to represent the production technology and each component of the Malmquist index is computed using the estimated parameters. This parametric approach allows us to statistically test the hypothesis regarding different components of the Malmquist index and the natural of production technology. The empirical application in Chinese agriculture shows that the average productivity grows at 2 percent per year during 1978-2010. This growth is mostly driven by technical change, which is found to be neutral.
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spelling CGSpace1499512025-02-24T06:47:17Z Parametric decomposition of the Malmquist index in output-oriented distance function: Productivity in Chinese agriculture Yu, Bingxin Liao, Xiyuan Shen, Hongfang agriculture scale models This paper decomposes the Malmquist productivity index into several assembling components: technical change (further break down into technical change magnitude, input bias and output bias), technical efficiency change, scale efficiency change, and output-mix effect. A translog output distance function is chosen to represent the production technology and each component of the Malmquist index is computed using the estimated parameters. This parametric approach allows us to statistically test the hypothesis regarding different components of the Malmquist index and the natural of production technology. The empirical application in Chinese agriculture shows that the average productivity grows at 2 percent per year during 1978-2010. This growth is mostly driven by technical change, which is found to be neutral. 2014 2024-08-01T02:50:19Z 2024-08-01T02:50:19Z Journal Article https://hdl.handle.net/10568/149951 en https://hdl.handle.net/10568/153398 Open Access Scientific Research Publishing, Inc. Yu, Bingxin; Liao, Xiyuan; and Shen, Hongfang. 2014. Parametric decomposition of the Malmquist index in output-oriented distance function: Productivity in Chinese agriculture. Modern Economy 5(1): 70-85. https://doi.org/10.4236/me.2014.51009
spellingShingle agriculture
scale models
Yu, Bingxin
Liao, Xiyuan
Shen, Hongfang
Parametric decomposition of the Malmquist index in output-oriented distance function: Productivity in Chinese agriculture
title Parametric decomposition of the Malmquist index in output-oriented distance function: Productivity in Chinese agriculture
title_full Parametric decomposition of the Malmquist index in output-oriented distance function: Productivity in Chinese agriculture
title_fullStr Parametric decomposition of the Malmquist index in output-oriented distance function: Productivity in Chinese agriculture
title_full_unstemmed Parametric decomposition of the Malmquist index in output-oriented distance function: Productivity in Chinese agriculture
title_short Parametric decomposition of the Malmquist index in output-oriented distance function: Productivity in Chinese agriculture
title_sort parametric decomposition of the malmquist index in output oriented distance function productivity in chinese agriculture
topic agriculture
scale models
url https://hdl.handle.net/10568/149951
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