LDC agriculture: Nonparametric Malmquist productivity indexes

Journal of Development Economics

Volumn 53, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 373-390

  Fulginiti, Lilyan E ^a   Perrin, Richard K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

Author keywords

Agricultural productivity; Malmquist; Nonparametric; Taxes

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTIVITY; DEVELOPING REGION; MALMQUIST PRODUCTIVITY INDEX; METHODOLOGY; NONPARAMETRIC ANALYSIS;

EID: 0031462729     PISSN: 03043878     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-3878(97)00022-9     Document Type: Article

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