The influence of management characteristics on the technical efficiency of wheat farmers in eastern England
利用1993-1997年面板数据估计随机前沿生产函数，测量英格兰东部小麦农场技术效率，发现追求利润和环境目标、信息获取、管理经验及农场规模正向影响效率。
Technical efficiency of wheat farms in eastern England is measured through the estimation of a stochastic frontier production function using panel data for the 1993-1997 crop years.Variations in the technical efficiency index across production units are explained through a number of managerial and farm characteristic variables following Battese and Coelli (1995) [Empirical Econ.20,[325][326][327][328][329][330][331][332] and incorporating the spirit ofRougoor eta!. (1998) [Agric.Econ.18,[261][262][263][264][265][266][267][268][269][270][271][272].The technical efficiency index across production units ranges from 62 to 98%.The objectives of maximising annual profits and maintaining the environment are positively correlated with, and have the largest influence on, technical efficiency.Moreover, those farmers who seek information, have more years of managerial experience, and have a large farm are also associated with higher levels of technical efficiency.Future studies that seek to explain variation in technical efficiency should include further aspects of the managerial decision-making process.