The impacts of economic reform on the efficiency of silviculture: A non-parametric approach

Environment and Development Economics

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 107-122

  Zhang, Yaoqi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

China; DEA; Economic reforms; Efficiency; Forestry; Silviculture

Indexed keywords

EID: 0346929389     PISSN: 1355770X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/s1355770x02000062     Document Type: Article

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