Table 5

Tests of the null hypothesis of the SFA translog production function

Null hypothesisLog likelihoodTest statisticsC.V.d.f.Decision
H0: Cobb – Douglas (CD vs TL)−256.6926.29**24.3815Rejected
H0: Cobb – Douglas (CDi vs TLi)−235.4724.21*21.7115Rejected
H0: No effects of cotton combine−235.4755.35***9.501Rejected
H0: No effects of determinants of inefficiencies−235.4742.44*** 5Rejected
H0: No inefficiency component−247.93−17.09***  Rejected

Note(s): C.V. is a critical value for the specified degrees of freedom (d.f.), taken from Kodde and Palm (1986). The level of significance is ***p < 0.01, **p < 0.05, *p < 0.1

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