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| Unit | INSTITUTE OF NATURAL AND APPLIED SCIENCES |
| AGRICULTURAL ECONOMICS (PhD) | |
| Code | TE549 |
| Name | Efficiency and Productivity Analysis in Agriculture |
| Term | 2018-2019 Academic Year |
| Term | Fall |
| Duration (T+A) | 3-0 (T-A) (17 Week) |
| ECTS | 6 ECTS |
| National Credit | 3 National Credit |
| Teaching Language | Türkçe |
| Level | Belirsiz |
| Type | Normal |
| Mode of study | Yüz Yüze Öğretim |
| Catalog Information Coordinator | Dr. Öğr. Üyesi TUNA ALEMDAR |
| Course Instructor |
The current term course schedule has not been prepared yet.
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Course Goal / Objective
Acquiring required skills for efficiency measurement in multi input multi output complex production units; measuring productivity differences between frams and enterprises and disintegrating efficiency into its components; developing recommendations in order to eliminate inefficiency.
Course Content
Review of production economics concepts; technical and economic efficiency; scale efficiency; partial and total factor efficiencies; Efficiency measurements using Data Envelopment and Stochastic Frontier Methods; determining factors causing inefficiency; major indices used in effieicney measurement; Malmquist productivity index; measurement of technical progress and efficiency changes; panel data models; duality and modelling allocation efficiency; relative advantages of different efficiency measurement methods
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Course Learning Outcomes
| Order | Course Learning Outcomes |
|---|---|
| LO01 | To be able to define effieciensy related conceps such as allocation efficiency, scale efficiency, multiple factor efficiency, to distinguish them, to state relations and differences between them |
| LO02 | To be able to determine data required fo performance measurement, to be able to estimate different performance measures fron these data, to be able to interprete the resulst |
| LO03 | To get skills for using analysis techniques used in performance measurement (data envelopment, stochastic frontier, malmquist indices) |
| LO04 | To be able to interprete resulst of efficiency measurement methods and make use of them in managerial works and polict determination |
| LO05 | To be able to develop recommendations to minimize or remove inefficiency |
Relation with Program Learning Outcome
| Order | Type | Program Learning Outcomes | Level |
|---|---|---|---|
| PLO01 | - | Able to further develop and deepen knowledge acquired based on the undergradute level proficiencies in the fields of farm management and agricultural policy | |
| PLO02 | - | Able to comprehend interactions among related disciplines and field of agricultural economics | |
| PLO03 | - | Able to use theoretical and practical knowledge of agricultural economics in their specialization area | |
| PLO04 | - | Able to prepare reports on developments in national economy and agricultural sector; able to critically evaluate historical and actual developments in agriculture and economy; able to observe and interpret economics related publications | |
| PLO05 | - | Able to use software widely used in agricultural economics | |
| PLO06 | - | Able to combine data of actual developments with his knowledge, data and findings obtained in various disciplines and interpret them while supporting them with qualitative and quantitative data and also forming new knowledge through synthesis | |
| PLO07 | - | Ability to take the lead in multidisciplinary teams and work in teams | |
| PLO08 | - | Able to critically evaluate specialized knowledge and abilities acquired in agricultural economics and direct his/her own learning process | |
| PLO09 | - | Constantly adapt himself to new scientific developments | |
| PLO10 | - | Able to use acquired and digested agricultural economics knowledge in multidisciplinary studies, able to explain them, to transfer them to others, able to examine conclusions critically | |
| PLO11 | - | Able to transfer research results using verbal, written and visual tools | |
| PLO12 | - | Able to collect data according to scientific methods in order to solve economic problems, able to supervise and interprete data collected while taking into consideration social, scientific and ethical values | |
| PLO13 | - | Able to develop analytical approaches in order to solve complicated problems that cannot be forecast beforehand in applications of agricultural economics and policy; able to design research process; able to produce solutions by taking on responsibility and to evaluate and justify solutions |
Week Plan
| Week | Topic | Preparation | Methods |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Review of production economics and efficiency related concepts | Lecture notes and suggested resources | |
| 2 | Classification of efficiency measurement methods | Lecture notes and suggested resources | |
| 3 | Data Envelopment Analysis Technique and scale efficiency | Lecture notes and suggested resources | |
| 4 | Input and output oriented analyses | Lecture notes and suggested resources | |
| 5 | Determiming factors causing inefficiency; Tobit regression analysis | Lecture notes and suggested resources | |
| 6 | Allocation efficiency and economis efficiency | Lecture notes and suggested resources | |
| 7 | Problems in data selection and compiling | Lecture notes and suggested resources | |
| 8 | Mid-Term Exam | Lecture notes and suggested resources | |
| 9 | Measuring efficiency with Corrected Ordinary Least Squares (COLS) method | Lecture notes and suggested resources | |
| 10 | Stochastic Frontier Analysis | Lecture notes and suggested resources | |
| 11 | Storchastic Frontier Analysis: Inefficiency Factors Model | Lecture notes and suggested resources | |
| 12 | Measuring change in efficiency; Malmquist indices | Lecture notes and suggested resources | |
| 13 | Disintegrating Technical progress and efficiency change | Lecture notes and suggested resources | |
| 14 | Relative advantages of different efficiency measurement methods; | Lecture notes and suggested resources | |
| 15 | Discussing some articles | Lecture notes and suggested resources | |
| 16 | Term Exams | Lecture notes and suggested resources | |
| 17 | Term Exams | Lecture notes and suggested resources |