Input demands and inefficiency in U.S. agriculture

American Journal of Agricultural Economics

Volumn 81, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 865-880

  O'Donnell, Christopher J ^a   Shumway, C Richard ^a   Ball, V Eldon ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

Bayes; Concavity; Input demands; Markov Chain Monte Carlo; Technical efficiency

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL PERFORMANCE; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; TECHNICAL EFFICIENCY;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 0032756352     PISSN: 00029092     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/1244330     Document Type: Article

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