The effect of a free market price mechanism on total factor productivity: The case of the agricultural crop industry in Greece

International Journal of Production Economics

Volumn 52, Issue 1-2, 1997, Pages 55-71

  Georganta, Zoe ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MACEDONIA   (Greece)

Author keywords

Agricultural productivity; Liberalization policy; MIMIC models

Indexed keywords

CROPS; INDUSTRIAL ECONOMICS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PRODUCTIVITY; PUBLIC POLICY;

COMMON AGRICULTURAL POLICY (CAP); MAXIMUM LIKELIHOOD ESTIMATION; PRICE LIBERALIZATION POLICY; TOTAL FACTOR PRODUCTIVITY;

AGRICULTURE;

EID: 0031248776     PISSN: 09255273     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0925-5273(96)00102-8     Document Type: Article

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