Scale efficiency in the New Zealand dairy industry: A non-parametric approach

Australian Journal of Agricultural and Resource Economics

Volumn 43, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 523-541

  Jaforullah, Mohammad ^a   Whiteman, John ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

^b MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DAIRY FARMING; ECONOMY OF SCALE; FARM SIZE; METHODOLOGY; TECHNICAL EFFICIENCY;

NEW ZEALAND;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0033452408     PISSN: 1364985X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1467-8489.00093     Document Type: Article

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