In this study, it was mainly aimed to investigate hazelnut producers’ profit inefficiencies in Turkey, which is the
leader position in the world hazelnut production. For this purpose, the data were gathered from the important
hazelnut production areas, called 1st and 2nd standard areas, and analyzed by using stochastic translog profit
function. For this purpose, stochastic translog profit frontier model was utilized. In the profit inefficiency models;
producer’s age, education level, existence of non-farming income, number of parcels, variety of hazelnut produced
in farm were included as explanatory variables. From the estimation results, firms’ average profit inefficiencies for
1st and 2nd standard areas were calculated as 0.38 and 0.19, respectively. These results emphasize the importance of
existence of allocative and technical inefficiencies of firms.
Primary Language | Turkish |
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Journal Section | Makaleler |
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Publication Date | September 4, 2011 |
Submission Date | July 10, 2010 |
Published in Issue | Year 2011 Volume: 17 Issue: 3 |
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