Short-Run Returns to Scale, Farm-Size, and Economic Efficiency
分析犹他州奶牛场的规模报酬、技术效率、配置效率和规模效率对盈利能力的影响，并比较不同规模农场的利润变化。
This paper analyzes the effects of returns to scale, farm-size, technical, allocative, and scale inefficiencies on the profitability of Utah dairy farms. It derives the conditions necessary to compare the profitability of farms within and between different size classifications as small, medium, and large. Some comparative static results regarding increases in input prices and a decrease or withdrawal of price support on profitability of small, medium, and large farms are presented. Copyright 1993 by MIT Press.