An examination of the relationship between subsidies on production and technical efficiency in agriculture: the case of cotton producers in greece
- Literature reference
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- Author
- S. Stefanou
- English title of the work
- An examination of the relationship between subsidies on production and technical efficiency in agriculture: the case of cotton producers in greece
- Title of the work
- An examination of the relationship between subsidies on production and technical efficiency in agriculture: the case of cotton producers in greece
- Year of publication
- 2008
- Author's email
- grigorios.emvalomatis@wur.nl
- Edition of a book
- European Association of A
- Page number
- 16
- Publisher's address
- Sevilla
- Publisher's name
- European Association of Agricultural Economists
- URL Address
- http://purl.umn.edu/6673
- Countries concerned
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Greece
- Associated thesauruses
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Colire
- Keywords Colire
Debate on subsidies and support
Subsidy/support impacts
Effectiveness/efficiency factors
Policy Reform
- Saved on
- 2011-12-14
- Modifed on
- 2011-12-14
- Administrated by
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Botonaki Anna
- Abstract
- Subsidies on production have long been criticized for protecting producers from competition, and thus removing an incentive for efficient use of the resources. This study undertakes the examination of the impact of partially decoupled subsidies on the technical efficiency scores of cotton producers in Greece. The results indicate that compensatory area payments reduce the efficiency scores of the producers by diverting resources from products for which the subsidy is based on the area planted to the production of cotton, for which the aid is related to the volume of output.