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Economic efficiency and shadow prices of social and biological outputs of village-level organizations of joint forest management in Gujarat, India

Dinesh Misra, dinesh.misra@utoronto.ca , Shashi Kant, shashi.kant@utoronto.ca
 
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Dinesh Misra and Shashi Kant (2005), "Economic efficiency and shadow prices of social and biological outputs of village-level organizations of joint forest management in Gujarat, India", Journal of Forest Economics: Vol. 11: No. 3, pp 141-160. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jfe.2005.07.002

Publication Date: 01 Dec 2005
© 0 2005 Dinesh Misra, Shashi Kant
 
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JEL Codes:Q150230
Joint forest managementJoint productionOutput distance functionProduction possibility frontierShadow price
 

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In this article:
Introduction 
Joint forest management, village-level organizations, and JFM production process 
Theoretical concepts related to output distance function 
Determination of deterministic output distance function 
Parameters of output distance function and production efficiency of village-level organizations 
Absolute and relative shadow prices of social and biological outputs of JFM production units 
Conclusions 

Abstract

Joint forest management (JFM) has been argued as an optimal institutional arrangement for economic, ecological, and social sustainability, and village-level organizations (production units) are responsible for all the productive activities of JFM. A deterministic output distance function characterizing the production structure of JFM production units, in the Gujarat state of India, is calculated using the production data from 50 village-level organizations and employing a deterministic linear programming technique. The distance function includes economic, biological, and social outputs, and conventional and non-conventional factors. The results are used to calculate the efficiency and relative shadow prices of social and biological outputs of different village-level JFM organizations. Policy and management implications of efficiency and shadow prices are discussed.

DOI:10.1016/j.jfe.2005.07.002