Technical efficiency in the Spanish agrofood industry
使用确定性和随机前沿方法估计西班牙农产食品工业的生产函数，计算企业技术效率并分析其与生产率、单位劳动成本的关系。
Abstract This study estimates frontier production functions with cross‐section data lor the Spanish agrofood industry by using deterministic and stochastic parameuic approaches. We compute the individual technical efficiency for each firm, compare the results and explain the relationship between technical efficiency and other relevant quantitative variables. The results indicate that the Spanish agrofood industry has a level of efficiency between 68% and 93%; which means that it is potentially capable of increasing production without increasing its Consumption of inputs. This efficiency level is positively related to factor productivity and unitary labour costs.