Productivity of New York dairy farms measured by nonparametric Malmquist indices

Journal of Agricultural Economics

Volumn 49, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 234-249

  Tauer, Loren W ^a  

^a Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTIVITY; DAIRY FARMING; MALMQUIST INDEX; PRODUCTIVITY CHANGE; TECHNICAL EFFICIENCY; TECHNOLOGICAL CHANGE;

NEW YORK; USA;

EID: 0031684945     PISSN: 0021857X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1477-9552.1998.tb01266.x     Document Type: Article

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