The productivity performance of Irish dairy farms 1984-2000: A multiple output distance function approach

Journal of Productivity Analysis

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 191-205

  Newman, Carol ^a   Matthews, Alan ^a  

^a TRINITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Decomposition; Generalized malmquist index; Irish dairy sector; Stochastic output distance function

Indexed keywords

EID: 33845725716     PISSN: 0895562X     EISSN: 15730441     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11123-006-0013-7     Document Type: Article

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