Characterizing Managerial Skill and Technical Efficiency in a Fishery

Journal of Productivity Analysis

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 145-160

  Kirkley, James ^a   Squires, Dale ^b   Strand, Ivar E ^c  

^a VIRGINIA INSTITUTE OF MARINE SCIENCE   (United States)

^b SOUTHWEST FISHERIES SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

And fisheries; Managerial skill; Technical efficiency

Indexed keywords

EID: 0032367504     PISSN: 0895562X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1018308617630     Document Type: Article

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