The cost efficiency of trout farms in the Black Sea Region, Turkey

Aquaculture

Volumn 251, Issue 2-4, 2006, Pages 324-332

  Cinemre, H A ^a   Ceyhan, V ^a   Bozoglu M ^a   Demiryurek K ^a   Kilic O ^a  

^a ONDOKUZ MAYIS UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Data envelopment analysis; Determinants of cost efficiency; Efficiency measures; Tobit model; Trout farms

Indexed keywords

AQUACULTURE; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; FISHERY ECONOMICS; SALMONID;

BLACK SEA; EURASIA; TURKEY;

SALMONIDAE;

EID: 31344454913     PISSN: 00448486     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.aquaculture.2005.06.016     Document Type: Article

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