Measuring Irrigation Water Efficiency with a Stochastic Production Frontier: An Application to Greek Out-of-season Vegetable Cultivation

Environmental and Resource Economics

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 57-72

  Karagiannis, G ^a   Tzouvelekas, V ^a   Xepapadeas, A ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMMON PROPERTY RESOURCE; GROUNDWATER; IRRIGATION; MEASUREMENT METHOD; STOCHASTICITY; WATER ECONOMICS;

GREECE;

EID: 0141504025     PISSN: 09246460     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1025625402762     Document Type: Article

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