Land policy in Ukraine and its impact on technical efficiency
Keywords:
technical efficiency, Ukrainian crop sector, stochastic frontier analysis, data envelopment analysis, land lease, land policyAbstract
This study investigates the impact of land policy on the technical efficiency (TE) of the Ukrainian crop sector for the year 2010. Two approaches are used to estimate TE scores: stochastic frontier analysis (SFA) and data envelopment analysis (DEA). Regions with high TE are examined in terms of land policies. Current analysis shows that overall, lease of land by all types of agricultural enterprises contributes to the increase of TE and lease of land by farming enterprises decreases efficiency. Comparison of current TE scores with TE scores estimated sixteen years ago shows differences in regional progress but the overall increase of TE in Ukraine.References
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