Production technology in the pulp and paper industry in the European Union: Factor substitution, economies of scale, and technological change

Journal of Forest Economics

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 23-39

  Andrade, Isabel C ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^b ISEG LISBON SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS AND MANAGEMENT   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Panel data; Pulp and paper industry; Translog cost functions

Indexed keywords

ECONOMY OF SCALE; PRODUCTION SYSTEM; PULP AND PAPER INDUSTRY; SUBSTITUTION; TECHNOLOGICAL CHANGE;

EUROPE;

EID: 0034034412     PISSN: 11046899     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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