Scale Effects, Technical Efficiency and Land Lease in China
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Using a panel dataset from Zhejiang province in China over the period 1995-2002, we
propose a two-step estimation procedure to investigate the links between land lease activity
and production efficiency. We find that the output elasticity with respect to land, the scale
effect and the technical efficiency are higher for farmers involved in land-lease activities. In
addition, technical efficiency and land-lease activity are endogenous, and farmers with higher
technical efficiency are more likely to lease more land and adopt advanced technologies to
achieve higher profits, which in turn alters the technical efficiency.