英文摘要 |
This paper presents a metafrontier cost function model for credit department of farmers’associations (CDFAs) in Taiwan. The advantage of this method enables the calculation of comparable cost efficiency for CDFAs operating under different groups having different technologies. Panel data for 238 CDFAs covering the 2003-2005 periods are employed to illustrate this model. Empirical results show that small scale CDFAs varies over time in a decreasing cost efficiency. Moreover, small scale CDFAs are most efficient and cost saving than those in the other groups. On the whole, CDFAs is subject to scope of economies. |