Full Title
RIVISTA DI STUDI SULLA SOSTENIBILITA'
Publisher
FrancoAngeli
ISSN
2239-1959 (Printed Journal)
2239-7221 (Online Journal)
Journal Issue Number
2
Journal Issue Designation
2
Journal Issue Date (YYYY/MM)
2017/01
Full Title
The determinants of ranking in sustainable efficiency of Italian farms
By (author)
First Page
141
Last Page
159
Language of text
English
Publication Date
2017/01
Copyright
2016 FrancoAngeli srl
Introduction or preface
This study individuates the determinates of the farms' sustainability following the approach based on the concept of sustainable value formulated by Figge and Hann (2004), which integrates the environmental, economic and social components into a single monetary indicator that takes into account the opportunity cost of the resources used defined by a benchmark. The results of the GLM regression show that almost all the structural characteristics have a significant impact on the sustainable efficiency of the farms, while the specialized farms perform better than mixed farms like the young and male farmers. Moreover, the highly significant and positive coefficients of correlation between the three components of sustainability, demonstrate that no trade-off exists between them.
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