An examination of economic efficiency of Russian crop production in the reform period

Agricultural Economics

Volumn 34, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 25-38

  Osborne, Stefan ^a   Trueblood, Michael A ^b  

^a Informa Economics Inc   (United States)

^b ECONOMIC RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

Agricultural reform; Economic efficiency; Europe; Input markets; Russia

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL ECONOMICS; CROP PRODUCTION; ECONOMIC ANALYSIS;

EURASIA; RUSSIAN FEDERATION;

EID: 33644784841     PISSN: 01695150     EISSN: 15740862     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1574-0862.2006.00100.x     Document Type: Article

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