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dc.contributor.authorBai, Xiuguang
dc.contributor.authorSalim, Ruhul
dc.contributor.authorBloch, Harry
dc.date.accessioned2019-05-14T10:21:08Z
dc.date.available2019-05-14T10:21:08Z
dc.date.issued2019
dc.identifier.citationBai, X. and Salim, R. and Bloch, H. 2019. Environmental Efficiency of Apple Production in China: A Translog Stochastic Frontier Analysis. Agricultural and Resource Economics Review. 48: pp. 1-22.
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/75509
dc.identifier.doi10.1017/age.2018.25
dc.description.abstract

This article estimates technical and environmental efficiencies using the stochastic frontier analysis with panel data of twenty-two main apple production provinces in China during 1992–2014. Results show that the environmental efficiency for pesticide input alone has lower mean value of 0.337 than environmental efficiency for the two environmentally detrimental inputs, pesticide and chemical fertilizer, which is 0.782. Furthermore, all efficiency scores have decreasing trends over time. Loess Plateau is more environmentally efficient than the Bohai bay region. Results of output elasticities show that chemical fertilizer has a mean value of 0.225, which is higher than for material, labor, and pesticide input. Also, apple production in China experiences decreasing returns to scale. Finally, it is also discovered that labor and chemical fertilizer have a substitute relationship, while material and labor have a complementary relationship, as do chemical fertilizer and pesticide. The results from the study should prove useful for reallocating input resources and improving environmental efficiency.

dc.publisherCambridge University Press
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
dc.titleEnvironmental Efficiency of Apple Production in China: A Translog Stochastic Frontier Analysis
dc.typeJournal Article
dcterms.source.volume48
dcterms.source.startPage1
dcterms.source.endPage22
dcterms.source.issn1068-2805
dcterms.source.titleAgricultural and Resource Economics Review
dc.date.updated2019-05-14T10:21:07Z
curtin.departmentSchool of Economics, Finance and Property
curtin.accessStatusOpen access
curtin.facultyFaculty of Business and Law
curtin.contributor.orcidSalim, Ruhul [0000-0002-8416-1885]
curtin.contributor.researcheridSalim, Ruhul [B-9802-2008]
curtin.contributor.scopusauthoridSalim, Ruhul [7006494520]


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