Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/121296 
Year of Publication: 
2015
Series/Report no.: 
Diskussionsbeitrag No. 1508
Publisher: 
Georg-August-Universität Göttingen, Department für Agrarökonomie und Rurale Entwicklung (DARE), Göttingen
Abstract: 
The paper investigates the impact of subsidies and of para-agriculture on the technical efficiency of organic farms in Switzerland, Austria and Southern Germany. The data-set consists of bookkeeping data with 1,704 observations in the years 2003 to 2005. Technical efficiency is modelled using a stochastic distance-frontier model combined with a Metafrontier-model. The results show almost no efficiency differences among the farms in the three countries. Para-agriculture shows a strong impact on farm's efficiency and output in Austria and Switzerland, whereas in Germany the effect is rather small. The study confirms that agricultural subsidies have a direct impact on farm's efficiency.
Subjects: 
Technical Efficiency
Organic Farming
Grassland Farming
Para-Agriculture
JEL: 
Q12
Q18
D24
C54
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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