Supply response in Ethiopia: Accounting for technical inefficiency

Agricultural Economics

Volumn 35, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 303-317

  Abrar, Suleiman ^a   Morrissey, Oliver ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Duality; Ethiopia; Profit functions; Supply response; Technical inefficiency

Indexed keywords

ECONOMIC ANALYSIS; INPUT-OUTPUT ANALYSIS; MODELING; PEASANT AGRICULTURE; PROFITABILITY; TECHNICAL EFFICIENCY;

AFRICA; EAST AFRICA; ETHIOPIA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA;

EID: 33751232331     PISSN: 01695150     EISSN: 15740862     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1574-0862.2006.00164.x     Document Type: Review

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