Η σχέση μεταξύ της τεχνικής αποτελεσματικότητας στον γεωργικό τομέα και του επιπέδου ανάπτυξης: μια εμπειρική διερεύνηση σε δείγμα αναπτυγμένων και λιγότερο αναπτυγμένων χωρών

Abstract

The primary objective of this paper is to obtain estimates of country-specific technical efficiency in
agriculture and to asses the relationship between technical efficiency in agriculture and level of development.
For this reason, inter-country data for 33 development and less developed countries are used. The
measures of technical efficiency are calculated from the residuals of a stochastic frontier production
function. The results show that there is in most cases a positive relationship between technical efficiency in
agriculture and level of development.