期刊名称：Zagreb International Review of Economics and Business
印刷版ISSN：1331-5609
出版年度：2014
卷号：17
期号：SCI
页码：97-110
语种：English
出版社：Ekonomski fakultet Sveučilišta u Zagrebu
摘要：Sugar production in the world amounted to € 53.5 Bill. in 2012. It can be produced using sugar cane in tropical and subtropical climate belt or sugar beet in moderate climate. In this paper the input allocation efficiency is analysed. First part of the efficiency analysis is the microeconomic analysis of transformation of two inputs (cane and beet) into sugar. It is shown that there is no microeconomic approval for sugar production from sugar beet. Further analysis has shown that vast areas of arable land in EU could be reallocated to more profitable cultures but it would then cause price shocks on the other agricultural markets. Finally, it is shown that Croatian farmers do not have to raise revenues per hectare by switching form sugar beet to other cultures, but only to improve low productivity in its production, since the yields are below the EU average by 24%.
关键词：Perfect substitutes; agriculture; sugar beet; sugar cane; CES production function
