Efficiency measurement in Swedish dairy farms: An application of rotating panel data, 1976–88

American Journal of Agricultural Economics

Volumn 77, Issue 3, 1995, Pages 660-674

  Kumbhakar, Subal C ^a   Heshmati, Almas ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Dairy farms; Panel data; Technical efficiency

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL TECHNOLOGY; DAIRY FARMING; EFFICIENCY MEASUREMENT; PANEL DATA; TECHNOLOGICAL EFFICIENCY;

SWEDEN;

EID: 0029503626     PISSN: 00029092     EISSN: 14678276     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/1243233     Document Type: Article

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