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dc.contributor.authorKhan, F.
dc.contributor.authorSalim, Ruhul
dc.contributor.authorBloch, Harry
dc.date.accessioned2017-01-30T13:21:21Z
dc.date.available2017-01-30T13:21:21Z
dc.date.created2015-07-13T20:00:51Z
dc.date.issued2014
dc.identifier.citationKhan, F. and Salim, R. and Bloch, H. 2014. Nonparametric estimates of productivity and efficiency change in Australian Broadacre Agriculture. Australian Journal of Agricultural and Resource Economics. 59 (3) : pp. 393-411.
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/30745
dc.identifier.doi10.1111/1467-8489.12076
dc.description.abstract

This paper computes and decomposes Färe-Primont indexes of total factor productivity of Australian broadacre agriculture by estimating distance functions. Using state-level data from 1990 to 2011, the empirical results show that TFP grew at an average rate of 1.36 per cent per annum in the broadacre agriculture over the period 1990–2011. There are variations of total factor productivity (TFP) growth across states and fluctuations over time within each state and territory. However, overall, there is a clear movement towards slower TFP growth across the sample period. Further decomposition of TFP growth shows that it is declining growth in technical possibilities (technological progress) that is the main driver of the declining trend in productivity growth in broadacre agriculture in Australia.

dc.publisherBlackwell Publishing Asia
dc.subjectFäre-Primont Index
dc.subjectAustralia
dc.subjecttotal factor productivity
dc.subjectbroadacre agriculture
dc.subjectdistance function
dc.subjecttechnical efficiency
dc.titleNonparametric estimates of productivity and efficiency change in Australian Broadacre Agriculture
dc.typeJournal Article
dcterms.source.volume59
dcterms.source.startPage393
dcterms.source.endPage411
dcterms.source.issn1364985X
dcterms.source.titleAustralian Journal of Agricultural and Resource Economics
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This is the peer reviewed version of the article cited above, which has been published in final form at http://doi.org/10.1111/1467-8489.12076. This article may be used for non-commercial purposes in accordance with Wiley Terms and Conditions for Self-Archiving at http://olabout.wiley.com/WileyCDA/Section/id-820227.html#terms

curtin.departmentSchool of Economics and Finance
curtin.accessStatusOpen access


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