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dc.contributor.authorSalim, Ruhul
dc.contributor.authorHossain, A.
dc.date.accessioned2017-01-30T15:27:27Z
dc.date.available2017-01-30T15:27:27Z
dc.date.created2009-03-05T00:54:44Z
dc.date.issued2006
dc.identifier.citationSalim, Ruhul and Hossain, Amzad. 2006. Market deregulation, trade liberalization and productive efficiency in Bangladesh agriculture: an empirical analysis. Applied Economics. 38 (21): pp. 2567-2580.
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/46458
dc.identifier.doi10.1080/00036840500427585
dc.description.abstract

The impact of trade liberalization and of market deregulation in general, on the performance of agriculture remains contentious and empirical issue in the literature. Following the random coefficient frontier modelling framework, this paper attempts to contribute to this debate by computing the farm-specific productive efficiency indices in Bangladesh agriculture before and after reform. It also examines the impact of some farm-specific and policy variables on productive efficiency. The empirical results show that there are wide variations in productive efficiency across farms and regions and the average efficiency of all regions increased modestly by 8 percentage points from the pre-reform to post-reform period. The efficiency differentials are largely explained by farm size, infrastructure, households' off-farm income and the reduction of government anti-agricultural bias in relation to trade and domestic policies. The implication of these results suggests the need for further policy reform to augment productive efficiency.

dc.publisherRoutledge
dc.subjectTrade liberalization
dc.subjectFrontier production function
dc.subjectProductive efficiency
dc.titleMarket deregulation, trade liberalization and productive efficiency in Bangladesh agriculture: an empirical analysis
dc.typeJournal Article
dcterms.source.volume38
dcterms.source.number21
dcterms.source.startPage2567
dcterms.source.endPage2580
dcterms.source.issn00036846
dcterms.source.titleApplied Economics
curtin.accessStatusOpen access
curtin.facultyCurtin Business School
curtin.facultySchool of Economics and Finance


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