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| Author: | Brada, J. C. King, E. |
| Title: | Is private farming more efficient than socialized agriculture? |
| Journal: | Economica
1993 : FEB, VOL. 60:237, p. 41-56 |
| Index terms: | FARMS PRIVATE SECTOR PUBLIC SECTOR ECONOMIC EFFICIENCY AGRICULTURAL POLICY |
| Language: | eng |
| Abstract: | The technical efficiency of state and private farms in Poland for the period 1960-74 is examined. It is found that the average technical efficiency of the two types of farms does not differ, although the dispersion of efficiency levels is greater among state farms than among private ones. Clear evidence of allocative inefficiency is also demonstrated, with state farms oversupplied with fertilizer and machinery. Arguments are presented that it is the environment of socialized agriculture rather than the socialized nature of farm units that leads to the poor performance of the agricultural sector in Eastern Europe and the former Soviet Union. The implications of these results for agriculture policy in these countries are considered. |
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