Vedenov, Dmitry V.; Houston, Jack E.; Cardenas, Gabriela - In: Journal of Agricultural and Applied Economics 39 (2007) 03
Coffee production system is analyzed for 24 municipios (districts) in Veracruz, Mexico, from 1997 to 2002. A stochastic frontier approach is used to estimate an input distance function and to evaluate production efficiency. Results show the production process to be stable over time despite...