Efficiency analysis of agricultural products wholesale markets of Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei region

Abstract

Agricultural products wholesale market is a key node in agricultural logistics. Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei region is a significant economic region in China in the future and it'll be very important to analyze the efficiency of agricultural products wholesale markets in this region in order to improve the agriculture. This paper uses the Data Envelopment Analysis (DEA) within software “deap 2.1” to analyze the technical efficiency and scale efficiency of the agricultural products wholesale markets in Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei region. The result shows that: in these three areas, agricultural products wholesale markets located in Tianjin and Hebei area are low efficient and in the scale efficiency increasing stage. On the contrary, the wholesale markets for agricultural products located in Beijing are high and economy of scale is degressive. And resources of constructing wholesale markets in Beijing should be transferred to Tianjin and Hebei.