Evaluation of the Efficiency of the Mezcal Industry Produced in the Mexican States: a Data Envelopment analysis (DEA)

The objective of this research is to determine which are the most efficient states in Mexico. The methodology employed for the evaluation of efficiency is based on non-parametric methods; the data envelopment analysis method, the cross-efficiency matrix methodology that strengthens the DEA methodology, and the Wang weighted operators (OWA) methodology (2011) are used. For these measurements, the data provided by the Mezcal Regulatory Council (2017) were utilized. The results show that the most efficient federal entity is Puebla and the least efficient is Oaxaca. Regarding cross-efficiency, it is found that the production of agave, as a raw material, is highly efficient. As a conclusion, it is observed that the efficiency of the states does not depend on the size of the cultivated hectares. Regarding originality, this evaluation of the efficiency of the mezcal industry in the Mexican states uses the DEA methodology, the crossed efficiency matrix methodology and Wang’s Weighted Operators (OWA) in the same study. JEL Codes: C14 Received: 15/01/2022.  Accepted: 03/05/2022.  Published: 01/06/2022. 

• Fecha de publicación: 2022
• Institución: Universidad Pedagógica y Tecnológica de Colombia
• Repositorio: RiUPTC: Repositorio Institucional UPTC
• Idioma: spa
• OAI Identifier: oai:repositorio.uptc.edu.co:001/12524
• Acceso en línea: https://revistas.uptc.edu.co/index.php/inquietud_empresarial/article/view/13886; https://repositorio.uptc.edu.co/handle/001/12524
• Palabra clave: mezcal; eficiencia; DEA; entidades federativas; denominación de origen; mescal; efficiency; DEA; states; designation of origin
• License: Derechos de autor 2022 Alejandro Rodríguez García, Alberto Ortiz Zavala