Technical Efficiency and Its Determinants in China's Grain Production

Journal of Productivity Analysis

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 159-174

  Tian, Weiming ^a   Wan, Guang Hua ^b  

^a CHINA AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

China's grain production; Stochastic frontier production function; Technical efficiency

Indexed keywords

EID: 0034402627     PISSN: 0895562X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1007805015716     Document Type: Article

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