An Assessment of the Efficiency of Agribusiness Trucking Companies: A Data Envelopment Analysis Approach

The purpose of this study is to investigate the issue of efficiency in the U.S. motor carrier industry using DEA and SFA. While both methods used the same variables, the resulting efficiency scores were significantly different. This leads to the question of which method is a better measure of efficiency.

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Year of publication:	2005
Authors:	Shaik, Saleem ; Allen, Albert J. ; Estrada, Joselito K.
Institutions:	Southern Agricultural Economics Association - SAEA
Subject:	Public Economics

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Extent:	application/pdf
Series:	2005 Annual Meeting, February 5-9, 2005, Little Rock, Arkansas.
Type of publication:	Book / Working Paper
Notes:	The text is part of a series 2005 Annual Meeting, February 5-9, 2005, Little Rock, Arkansas Number 35661
Source:	RePEc - Research Papers in Economics

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