Zhang, Xiaoheng; Huangfu, Bingyu; Min, Shi - In: International studies of economics 17 (2022) 1, pp. 108-124
on evaluating fertilizer use efficiency at the farm level whereas little is known about the technical efficiency of … Effects model (GTRE), this paper estimates and decomposes the technical efficiency of Chinese fertilizer-producing firms …. Results show technical efficiency increased from 0.883 in 1998 to 0.930 in 2007, with an average of 0.898. The growth rate of …