Decomposition of productivity growth of the Malaysian palm oil mill sector

• Main Authors: Abdullah, Norhidayu, Hassan, Azman, Abdullah, Ramli, Ismail, Azman, Che Dir, Nur Asmani
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Malaysian Palm Oil Board 2014
• Online Access: http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/35165/1/Decomposition%20of%20productivity%20growth%20of%20the%20Malaysian%20palm%20oil%20mill%20sector.pdf; http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/35165/; http://palmoilis.mpob.gov.my/index.php/opiej#article-info

This study investigates total factor productivity (TFP) growth in the Malaysian palm oil mill sector over the period 2005-2010, using a Stochastic Frontier Approach (SFA) model. TFP growth was decomposed into three components, namely, technical efficiency (TE), technical progress (TP) and scale comp...