How productive is the agricultural sector across Indian states?

2015 ◽  
Vol 14 (3) ◽  
pp. 231-248 ◽  
Author(s):  
Khee Giap Tan ◽  
Kartik Rao ◽  
Ramkishen Rajan
Keyword(s):  
Agricultural Sector ◽  
National Level ◽  
Malmquist Index ◽  
State Level ◽  
Data Envelopment ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Tfp Growth ◽  
Efficient Resource ◽  
Management Techniques ◽  
Resource Deployment

Purpose – This paper aims to provide an up-to-date analysis of the productivity in the agricultural sector within the states and union territories of India. Despite agriculture’s diminishing role as a share of overall gross domestic product (GDP) in India, it plays a crucial role by providing a large proportion of jobs to the workforce. Recognising agriculture’s central role in the economy as well as the significant diversity between the states in terms of resources, this paper estimates the total factor productivity (TFP) for Indian crops at the state level from 2000 to 2010 using both the growth accounting and the Malmquist Index Data Envelopment Analysis methodologies. The results highlight the possibility of increasing production with existing technologies by focusing on efficient resource deployment and enhanced management techniques. Design/methodology/approach – The paper utilizes both growth accounting and the Malmquist Index Data Envelopment Analysis methodologies to estimate the growth of TFP at the regional level at the sub-national level (for states and union territories). Findings – The results highlight the wide variations in the performance of states with respect to growth in TFP for the period 2000-2010. At the regional level, the Western region experienced the largest TFP growth, while the Eastern region experienced the lowest. At the state level, Gujarat registered the highest TFP growth, while Bihar emerged as a laggard with the lowest growth in TFP. Practical implications – The results highlight the possibility of increasing production with existing technologies by focusing on efficient resource deployment and enhanced management techniques. Originality/value – Although most of the existing literature focuses on national level analysis for India, this paper provides an up-to-date analysis of the productivity in the agricultural sector within the states and union territories of India. Correspondingly, the results are more applicable for these sub-national economies and offer more relevant policy implications.

Agricultural Productivity in Indonesian Provinces

2020 ◽  
pp. 1146-1162
Author(s):  
Khee Giap Tan ◽  
Nurina Merdikawati ◽  
Ramkishen S. Rajan
Keyword(s):  
Productivity Growth ◽  
Agricultural Sector ◽  
National Level ◽  
Agricultural Productivity ◽  
Malmquist Index ◽  
Policy Implications ◽  
Data Envelopment ◽  
Use Of Resources ◽  
The World ◽  
Level Analysis

Indonesia has been recognized as a country with significant potential in agriculture, not only to be self-sufficient in terms of food, but also to be the “food basket” for the world. However, given limited and competing use of resources, raising agricultural productivity is of paramount importance. To date, most of the existing work on Indonesia's agricultural sector is at the national level. Considering the extent of Indonesia's regional diversity, a provincial-level analysis of the country's agricultural sector would be more useful from a policy perspective. In this light, this paper examines agricultural productivity growth in Indonesian provinces during 2000-2011 and draws policy implications from such empirical analysis. The paper uses two methodologies, namely growth accounting and Malmquist index data envelopment analysis. Results suggest that technological change has been improving for most provinces, though there is wide variation in technical efficiency change which in turn is driving differences in total factor productivity growth across provinces.

Agricultural Productivity in Indonesian Provinces

2016 ◽  
Vol 7 (3) ◽  
pp. 26-39
Author(s):  
Khee Giap Tan ◽  
Nurina Merdikawati ◽  
Ramkishen S. Rajan
Keyword(s):  
Productivity Growth ◽  
Agricultural Sector ◽  
National Level ◽  
Agricultural Productivity ◽  
Malmquist Index ◽  
Policy Implications ◽  
Data Envelopment ◽  
Efficiency Change ◽  
Use Of Resources ◽  
Level Analysis

Indonesia has been recognized as a country with significant potential in agriculture, not only to be self-sufficient in terms of food, but also to be the “food basket” for the world. However, given limited and competing use of resources, raising agricultural productivity is of paramount importance. To date, most of the existing work on Indonesia's agricultural sector is at the national level. Considering the extent of Indonesia's regional diversity, a provincial-level analysis of the country's agricultural sector would be more useful from a policy perspective. In this light, this paper examines agricultural productivity growth in Indonesian provinces during 2000-2011 and draws policy implications from such empirical analysis. The paper uses two methodologies, namely growth accounting and Malmquist index data envelopment analysis. Results suggest that technological change has been improving for most provinces, though there is wide variation in technical efficiency change which in turn is driving differences in total factor productivity growth across provinces.

DEA window analysis and Malmquist index to assess efficiency and productivity in the Spanish electricity sector

2020 ◽  
Vol ahead-of-print (ahead-of-print) ◽  
Author(s):  
Jaime Sánchez-Ortiz ◽  
Teresa Garcia-Valderrama ◽  
Vanesa Rodríguez-Cornejo ◽  
Francisca Cabrera-Monroy
Keyword(s):  
Malmquist Index ◽  
Electricity Sector ◽  
Theory Of Constraints ◽  
Economic Regulation ◽  
Data Envelopment ◽  
Electricity Distribution ◽  
Content Type ◽  
External Constraints ◽  
Efficiency And Productivity ◽  
Dea Window Analysis

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to demonstrate that overcapacity and tariff deficit (external constraints) negatively affect the efficiency of distribution firms in the Spanish electricity sector. To do this, the paper is based on the theory of constraints and theory of economic regulation. Design/methodology/approach Data envelopment analysis (DEA) window methodology is carried out on the constant scales (I-C) with a sample consisting of five main distribution firms during the period from 2006 to 2015. In turn, an analysis of the Malmquist index is carried out to assess whether it has had a displacement with respect to the efficiency frontier. Findings The results show that the overcapacity and the tariff deficit negatively affect the efficiency of the distribution firms of the Spanish electricity sector. In addition, there is an existence of external constraints that affect the activities of regulated organisations and the importance of adequate legislation in regulated sectors. Originality/value This study defines a model that shows how the efficiency problems associated with electricity distribution companies such as productive overcapacity or tariff deficit can be measured based on the theory of constraints and theory of economic regulation.

scholarly journals The restructuring of the Spanish banking system: analysis of the efficiency of financial entities

2018 ◽  
Vol 56 (2) ◽  
pp. 474-487 ◽  
Author(s):  
Emilio Martín ◽  
Alfredo Bachiller ◽  
Patricia Bachiller
Keyword(s):  
System Analysis ◽  
Malmquist Index ◽  
Banking System ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Data Envelopment ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Before And After ◽  
Banking Business ◽  
Managerial Implications ◽  
Credit Restriction

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to analyse the performance of Spanish banking entities between 2009 and 2013, a period marked by the reform of the banking system with a large number of mergers and integrations. Design/methodology/approach First, efficiency is measured applying the data envelopment analysis (DEA) methodology and, then, the Malmquist index is calculated to assess its evolution. Findings The results show that most of the entities have improved their performance from the production approach. However, from the intermediation approach, the efficiency of the sample has deteriorated, which raises questions about the sustainability of the traditional banking business when the current credit restriction strategy is long lasting. Practical implications The comparative analysis demonstrates that, after the deep reforms carried out in Spain, the banking entities maintain similar efficiency rankings to those they had at the beginning of the period analysed. This shows that the reform has created new groups that operate adequately, avoiding the closing of institutions. Despite the better rationalisation of the available resources, the outlook for Spanish banks remains unclear in the current macroeconomic context, which does not favour the banking business. Originality/value The study contributes to the literature on the Spanish banking system because it adds new empirical evidence about its restructuring and it applies a DEA model to a sample before and after mergers. The authors discuss theoretical and managerial implications and offer suggestions for future research on this field.

The adoption of renewable energy (RE) enterprises in the UK

2015 ◽  
Vol 22 (2) ◽  
pp. 249-272 ◽  
Author(s):  
Aurelian Mbzibain ◽  
Graham Tate ◽  
Ali Shaukat
Keyword(s):  
Renewable Energy ◽  
Agricultural Sector ◽  
National Level ◽  
Policy Research ◽  
Principal Component ◽  
Entrepreneurial Intentions ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Institutional Profile ◽  
Regulatory Institutions ◽  
The Uk

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to examine how national institutional structures affect farmers’ intentions to invest in renewable energy enterprises in the UK agricultural sector. Design/methodology/approach – The authors draw on the construct of national institutional profile to identify the regulatory, cognitive and normative institutions affecting entrepreneurial intentions. A postal questionnaire survey of 2,000 farmers was carried out in the West Midlands Region of the UK and 393 usable responses were obtained. Principal component analysis and multivariate data analysis techniques are employed. Findings – Cognitive institutions were positively related to intentions. Contrary to expectations, the regulatory institutions were not associated with entrepreneurial intentions. Normative institutions were significantly related to intentions and interestingly, moderated the efficacy of regulatory institutions on entrepreneurial intentions. Practical implications – Cognitive and normative institutions may play a far more important role in determining farm entrepreneurship in the renewable energy sector than has been previously considered. Given that much of policy research is often biased towards regulatory institutions, this research shows that the construct of institutional profile offers a useful framework to investigate the effect of national level institutions on entrepreneurship. Originality/value – This study contributes to the literature on entrepreneurship in the UK farm sector. It is the first study that demonstrates the role of the country’s institutional profile on farmers’ intentions to invest in RE. The existence of moderation effects between national institutions suggests that research focusing on single dimensions is likely to provide biased results.

US state votes mean Republican advantages

2020 ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Minimum Wage ◽  
Drug Policy ◽  
Environmental Regulations ◽  
National Level ◽  
State Legislatures ◽  
State Level ◽  
State Governments ◽  
National Politics ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Positive Results

Significance Control of state legislatures is vital to the process of electoral redistricting, triggered by the 2020 census, which will last for the next ten years. Several states also voted on questions of drug policy and the minimum wage; such changes often percolate to the national level. Impacts Democrats will find it difficult to unify their message given divisions between progressives and centrists. State-level politics will influence national politics, such as California de facto setting US emissions policy. Republican state governments will litigate Democratic federal measures, such as reintroducing environmental regulations. Democrats will try to deepen their engagement with state organisations, but positive results will take time.

Rwandan agriculture strategy unlikely to be replicated

2017 ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Agricultural Sector ◽  
National Level ◽  
National Development ◽  
Severe Drought ◽  
Vision 2020 ◽  
East African ◽  
Middle Income ◽  
Content Type ◽  
East African Community ◽  
Income Status

Subject Rwandan agricultural interventions. Significance On May 15, the IMF completed its latest Article IV consultation and review with Kigali, predicting a return to growth of 6.2% per annum. According to the Fund, the main driver of this rebound is the agricultural sector, which is rapidly recovering from a severe drought in 2015-16. President Paul Kagame’s ambitious national development plan, Vision 2020, aims for the country to achieve middle income status by 2025, with transformation of the agricultural sector crucial to this. Impacts The government’s drought response will boost Kagame’s popularity among poorer rural households. However, if Kagame steps down after his next term in office, this could create disorder across many sectors. National-level disaster responses will prove more effective than their East African Community (EAC) equivalent.

scholarly journals The motives for Japanese foreign direct investment in the Southeastern United States

2019 ◽  
Vol 11 (4) ◽  
pp. 324-338
Author(s):  
Remy Magnier-Watanabe ◽  
James Hoadley
Keyword(s):  
Foreign Direct Investment ◽  
Direct Investment ◽  
National Level ◽  
State Level ◽  
Industrial Clusters ◽  
Southeastern Usa ◽  
Content Type ◽  
The Usa ◽  
Japanese Fdi ◽  
Japanese Companies

Purpose Whereas the USA is still the largest investment destination for Japanese companies, Japan also accounts as the second largest source of investment in the country. The purpose of this paper is to, empirically, examine the detailed motives of Japanese affiliates when investing in the Southeastern USA, adding to previous research at the national level. Design/methodology/approach This paper uses a qualitative approach based on the interviews of long-term Japanese investors in the manufacturing and wholesale trade industries in the Southeastern USA and applies text analysis to identify their motives. Findings The results show that Japanese firms engage in market- and efficiency-seeking foreign direct investment (FDI), and still apply a classic sequence of gradual and incremental market commitments. Market size and growth rate, reducing transaction or transportation costs, and integration within local value chains are the most important to them, whereas competition, creating an export base, lowering tax and accessing skilled labor are of little concern. Practical implications The goal of Japanese FDI in the USA is no longer to bypass tariffs but is still part of a complex industrial network of relations which drives further investment. This result can inform policy makers at the state level about the factors that can drive additional foreign investment, such as the establishment of industrial clusters. Originality/value This study offers current insights into the motives of Japanese FDI in two industries.

Productivity in professional Spanish basketball

2014 ◽  
Vol 4 (3) ◽  
pp. 196-211 ◽  
Author(s):  
Marta Brosed Lázaro ◽  
Manuel Espitia-Escuer ◽  
Lucía I. García-Cebrián
Keyword(s):  
Total Factor Productivity ◽  
Malmquist Index ◽  
Efficient Frontier ◽  
Data Envelopment ◽  
Factor Productivity ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Potential Output ◽  
Productive Function ◽  
Contest Design ◽  
Basketball Teams

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is twofold: first, to evaluate the performance of Spanish first-division basketball teams, in terms of efficiency, by defining previously a productive function and obtaining also their potential output. Second, to examine the total factor productivity evolution having information from several years, which allows us to draw conclusions about the changes in the efficient frontier. Design/methodology/approach – In order to assess the efficiency level and the potential output of each team in the ACB competition, between the season 2008/2009 and 2011/2012, an input-oriented version with constant returns of data envelopment analysis is used. The total factor productivity evolution is studied by employing the values of the Malmquist index. Findings – The main conclusion is that the final position of the Spanish basketball teams depends on the efficiency and any technological progress is needed to maintain themselves on top of rank. Practical implications – Performing on the field efficiently is the best way to increase the profits by generating savings, which minimize costs. This analysis allows us to make a series of observations, comments and conclusions with regard to the management of the budgets and the relationship between efficiency and sports performance. Originality/value – The innovations provided by this paper are the use of a different methodology and a different analysis unit from the previous studies. Moreover, it focuses on European basketball, specifically the Spanish league, which is considered the most powerful league after NBA and whose connection with academic studies is quite limited to date. Finally it tries to incorporate the play-off stage, which is complicated but really interesting because of the contest design of these competitions.

Efficiency and productivity analysis of Indian banking industry using Hicks-Moorsteen approach

2014 ◽  
Vol 63 (1) ◽  
pp. 57-84 ◽  
Author(s):  
Supran Kumar Sharma ◽  
Raina Dalip
Keyword(s):  
Productivity Growth ◽  
Banking Sector ◽  
Banking Industry ◽  
Malmquist Index ◽  
Scale Efficiency ◽  
Data Envelopment ◽  
Productivity Analysis ◽  
Financial Reforms ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Efficiency And Productivity

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to attempt to measure the performance of the Indian banking sector in terms of efficiency and productivity levels and their determinants during the post-reform period. Design/methodology/approach – The present study is a novel attempt as it has used pooled data for a duration of 15 years (i.e. 1997/1998-2010/2011) from 59 selected banks for estimating the Hicks-Moorsteen (HM) total factor productivity (TFP) index. Findings – Poor technical efficiency has experienced with scale efficiency change exerting dominant factors; whereas relatively better productivity growth has been experienced by the banks with major contributions from technical change components. The study found relatively underestimated efficiency and productivity levels by traditional data envelopment analysis-based Malmquist index. Additionally, the study brings into account the results for external and environmental determining factors contributing to the TFP growth. Originality/value – Using HMTFP indices has helped to eliminate certain drawbacks of data envelopment and provided the more elaborative decomposition of productivity growth along with their components so as to have lucid and multidimensional insights about the performance of the Indian banking industry after the initiation of financial reforms.

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