Bridging the gap between partial and total factor productivity measures using directional distance functions

American Journal of Agricultural Economics

Volumn 85, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 928-942

  Nin, Alejandro ^a   Arndt, Channing ^b   Hertel, Thomas W ^b   Preckel, Paul V ^b  

^a INTERNATIONAL LIVESTOCK RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Ethiopia)

^b PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Crops; Directional distance; Input allocation; Livestock; Malmquist; Total factor productivity

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL PERFORMANCE; LIVESTOCK FARMING; METHODOLOGY; TOTAL FACTOR PRODUCTIVITY;

EID: 0344586731     PISSN: 00029092     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1467-8276.00498     Document Type: Article

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