Estudio sobre la competitividad de la industria azucarera en Mexico

Arbeitspapier

In this paper, we study various key structural features of sugarcane production and sugar mills in Mexico. Regarding the production of sugarcane: (a) we document a U-shaped relationship between the size of sugarcane cultivation plots and their yield, and show suggestive evidence that this relationship is driven by the more intensive use of inputs in smaller and larger plots relative to those of medium size; (b) we argue that there are factors that complicate the functioning of the land market; and (c) we present evidence refuting the conjecture that the mechanism used to determine payments for sugarcane affects negatively the quality of this crop. With respect to sugar mills, we find that those mills that are able to generate electricity more efficiently tend to observe higher returns in sugar production.

Angaben zum Objekt

• Sprache: Spanisch

Verweise und Beziehungen

• Erschienen in: Series: Working Papers ; No. 2013-16

Klassifikation und Themen

• Klassifikation: Wirtschaft ; Organizational Behavior; Transaction Costs; Property Rights ; Production; Cost; Capital; Capital, Total Factor, and Multifactor Productivity; Capacity ; Food; Beverages; Cosmetics; Tobacco; Wine and Spirits
• Thema: Sugar ; Sugar Industry ; Competitiveness ; Sugarcane ; Plot Yield ; Sugar Mill Efficiency

Beteiligte, Orts- und Zeitangaben

• Ereignis: Geistige Schöpfung
• (wer): Campos-Ortiz, Francisco ; Oviedo-Pacheco, Mariana
• Ereignis: Veröffentlichung
• (wer): Banco de México
• (wo): Ciudad de México
• (wann): 2013

Weitere Informationen

• Handle: http://hdl.handle.net/10419/100121
• Letzte Aktualisierung: 10.03.2025, 11:44 MEZ