Specification and estimation of production functions involving damage control inputs: A two-stage, semiparametric approach

American Journal of Agricultural Economics

Volumn 88, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 499-511

  Kuosmanen, Timo ^a   Pemsl, Diemuth ^b   Wesseler, Justus ^a  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b LEIBNIZ UNIVERSITY HANNOVER   (Germany)

Author keywords

Biotechnology; Damage control; Data envelopment analysis (DEA); Productivity analysis; Semiparametric model

Indexed keywords

COTTON; CROP DAMAGE; CROP PRODUCTION; PEST CONTROL; PRODUCTIVITY;

GOSSYPIUM HIRSUTUM;

EID: 33645732811     PISSN: 00029092     EISSN: 14678276     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-8276.2006.00874.x     Document Type: Article

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