Notes on aggregate agricultural production function of the state of Paraná

Authors

  • Udo Strassburg Western Paraná State University image/svg+xml
  • Nilton Marques de Oliveira Federal University of Tocantins image/svg+xml
  • Carlos Alberto Piacenti Unioeste
  • Moacir Piffer

Keywords:

production elasticities, Cobb-Douglas production function, return to scale

Abstract

The aim of this work is to estimate and analyze the aggregate agricultural production function of the state of Paraná, Brazil; it specifically aims to identify the main determinants of production and at what stage of production the state is. Therefore an economic analysis was performed based on data from the Brazilian 2006 Agricultural Census related to the 339 municipalities in Paraná through the use of the Cobb-Douglas production function. The results indicated that the factors of production have been employed in an economically rational way (stage II), have constant returns to scale, and the technology (tractor), financing and area factors, in that order, proved to be determinant in the agricultural production of that state.

Author Biographies

  • Udo Strassburg, Western Paraná State University
    Graduado em Ciências Contábeis, doutorando em Desenvolvimento Regional e Agronegócio pela Universidade Estadual do Oeste do Paraná (Unioeste), Toledo, PR, professor da Unioeste, Cascavel, PR, pesquisador do Grupo de Pesquisa em Contabilidade e Controladoria. Rua Rodrigues Alves, 1.197, Jd. Maria Luiza, CEP 85819-670.
  • Nilton Marques de Oliveira, Federal University of Tocantins
    Economista, doutorando em Desenvolvimento Regional e Agronegócio pela Unioeste, professor da Universidade Federal do Tocantins (UFT), pesquisador dos Grupos de Estudos em Economia Aplicada e Interdisciplinar de Estudos e Pesquisa sobre Estado, Educação e Sociedade (Geipees) da UFT.
  • Carlos Alberto Piacenti, Unioeste
    Economista, doutor em Economia Aplicada, professor adjunto da Unioeste, professor do Programa de Pós-Graduação em Desenvolvimento Regional e Agronegócio, membro do Grupo de Pesquisa em Agronegócio e Desenvolvimento Regional (Gepec).
  • Moacir Piffer
    Economista, doutor em Desenvolvimento Regional, professor adjunto da Unioeste, professor do Programa de Pós-Graduação em Desenvolvimento Regional e Agronegócio, membro do Gepec.

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Published

2014-11-18

Issue

Vol. 23 No. 3 (2014)

Section

Artigo Científico

How to Cite

Strassburg, U., Oliveira, N. M. de, Piacenti, C. A., & Piffer, M. (2014). Notes on aggregate agricultural production function of the state of Paraná. Revista de Política Agrícola, 23(3), 18-28. https://rpa.sede.embrapa.br/RPA/article/view/939

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