صرفه‌هاي ناشي از مقياس در صنعت پرورش ميگوي ايران‌

Scale Economies in Shrimp Farming Industry in Iran

In this study, the presence of scale economies, an important production technology characteristic, in shrimp farming industry, is examined jointly with the input elasticity of substitution and factors price elasticities. To this end, a dual Translog cost function was estimated, using data from 51 shrimp farms in southern province of Iran. Results revealed that scale economies exists in the Iranian shrimp farming industry, meaning that there is a good potential to reduce the unit cost of production by choosing an appropriate size for the shrimp farms in Iran.