Agricultural productivity of the Spanish regions: a non-parametric Malmquist analysis

Applied Economics

Volumn 30, Issue 7, 1998, Pages 875-884

  Millan, Joaquin A ^a   Aldaz, Natalia ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LLEIDA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTIVITY; MALMQUIST INDEX; PRODUCTIVITY TRENDS; REGIONAL PATTERN;

SPAIN;

EID: 0031684069     PISSN: 00036846     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/000368498325309     Document Type: Article

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