Efficiency and Technological Change in the U.S. Brewing Industry

Journal of Productivity Analysis

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 271-288

  Kerkvliet, Joe R ^a   Nebesky, William ^b   Tremblay, Carol Horton ^a   Tremblay, Victor J ^a  

^a OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Alaska Department of Natural Resources   (United States)

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EID: 0032359567     PISSN: 0895562X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1018615305725     Document Type: Article

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