Efficiency and total factor productivity in Ukrainian agriculture in transition

Agricultural Economics

Volumn 32, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 311-325

  Lissitsa, Alexej ^a   Odening, Martin ^b  

^a LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE OF AGRICULTURAL DEVELOPMENT IN TRANSITION ECONOMIES IAMO   (Germany)

^b HUMBOLDT UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Data envelopment analysis; Efficiency; Malmquist productivity change index; Total factor productivity; Transition; Ukraine

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL ECONOMICS; AGRICULTURAL MARKET; FARM SIZE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; TOTAL FACTOR PRODUCTIVITY;

EASTERN EUROPE; EURASIA; EUROPE; UKRAINE;

EID: 33745231681     PISSN: 01695150     EISSN: 15740862     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1574-0862.2005.00062.x     Document Type: Article

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