Public infrastructure and productivity growth in Greek agriculture

Agricultural Economics

Volumn 29, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 169-180

  Mamatzakis, E C ^a  

^a Ministry of Economy and Finance   (Greece)

Author keywords

Dual cost function; Productivity growth; Public infrastructure

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL PERFORMANCE; INFRASTRUCTURE; PRODUCTIVITY; TECHNICAL EFFICIENCY;

GREECE;

EID: 0141483470     PISSN: 01695150     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0169-5150(03)00085-9     Document Type: Article

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