Endogenous production organization during market liberalization: Farm level evidence from Romania

Economic Systems

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 171-187

  Rizov, Marian ^a,b  

^a TRINITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Farming; Households; Managerial ability; Production organization; Transition countries

Indexed keywords

EID: 0042843632     PISSN: 09393625     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0939-3625(03)00038-4     Document Type: Article

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