Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/304482 
Title (translated): 
On the efficiency of farms in Brandenburg - A data envelopment analysis
Year of Publication: 
2001
Citation: 
[Journal:] Agrarwirtschaft: Zeitschrift für Betriebswirtschaft, Marktforschung und Agrarpolitik [ISSN:] 0002-1121 [Volume:] 50 [Issue:] 3 [Year:] 2001 [Pages:] 198-203
Publisher: 
Deutscher Fachverlag, Frankfurt a. M.
Abstract (Translated): 
The transition of East German agriculture led to major structural adjustments that showed some very particular phenomena. For instance, most of the successors of the former agricultural production cooperatives (LPGs) make slight losses and they operate at a higher employment level than new and re-established farms. In this paper we try to explain these phenomena with the farms' history prior to the transition period. Particular attention is given to sunk costs, the identity of members and employees, and old debts. A Data Envelopment Analysis of 210 financial statements distributed over the financial years 1992/93 to 1995/96 gives evidence that these historical arguments had a decisive impact on the farms' behaviour. However, this impact decreases over time, particularly because of a gradual replacement of assets.
Subjects: 
Landwirtschaft
Effizienz
Data-Envelopment-Analyse
Brandenburg
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Document Type: 
Article

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