Technical Efficiency of Australian Wool Production: Point and Confidence Interval Estimates

Journal of Productivity Analysis

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 169-190

  Fraser, I M ^a   Horrace, W C ^b  

^a LA TROBE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b SYRACUSE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Multiple comparisons; Production functions; Stochastic frontier; Wool

Indexed keywords

EID: 0042023244     PISSN: 0895562X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1025180205923     Document Type: Article

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