Estimating a profit function in the presence of inefficiency: An application to Russian agriculture

Journal of Agricultural and Resource Economics

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 94-113

  Arnade, Carlos ^a   Trueblood, Michael A ^a  

^a ECONOMIC RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

Distance function; Profit function; Russia; Supply response; Technical efficiency

Indexed keywords

EID: 0036629007     PISSN: 10685502     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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