Impacts of environmental regulations on the efficiency of arable farms in France and Germany

Abstract: This paper develops a methodology for asymmetric treatment of desirable and undesirable outputs. First, a hyperbolic output efficiency measurement is used to describe a middle term transformation of production processes where producers try to improve their competitiveness together with a reduction of the negative impact on the environment. Second, a radial efficiency measurement, called directional output distance function, is used to depict a long-term transformation of the production process. A non-parametric Data Envelopment Analysis (DEA) and a Stochastic Frontier Analysis (SFA) are used to evaluate the impact of agricultural policy changes, both in France and Germany, on the technical and environmental efficiency of arable farms, taking into account participation or not in agri-environmental programs. The results from both methods indicate only limited possibilities for environmental improvements, mainly for farms participating in agri-environmental programs. https://www.tib-op.org/ojs/index.php/gjae/article/view/1464

Object Details

• Location: Deutsche Nationalbibliothek Frankfurt am Main
• Extent: Online-Ressource
• Language: Englisch

References and Relationships

• Bibliographic citation: Impacts of environmental regulations on the efficiency of arable farms in France and Germany ; volume:50 ; number:3 ; year:2001 ; Agrarwirtschaft ; 50, Heft 3 (2001)

Contributors, Places and Time

• Creator: Piot-Lepetit, Isabelle ; Brümmer, Bernhard ; Kleinhanß, Werner

Further information

• DOI: 10.52825/gjae.v50i3.1464
• URN: urn:nbn:de:101:1-2409251135503.961826333916
• Rights: Open Access; Der Zugriff auf das Objekt ist unbeschränkt möglich.
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