Technical efficiency in farming: A meta-regression analysis

Journal of Productivity Analysis

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 57-72

  Bravo Ureta, Boris E ^a   Solís, Daniel ^b   Moreira López, Víctor H ^c   Maripani, José F ^a,d   Thiam, Abdourahmane ^e   Rivas, Teodoro ^f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI   (United States)

^c UNIVERSIDAD AUSTRAL DE CHILE   (Chile)

^d UNIVERSIDAD DE MAGALLANES   (Chile)

^e Ecole Nationale d'Economie Appliquée ENEA   (Senegal)

^f Ministry of Education   (Chile)

Author keywords

Frontier Models; International Agriculture; Meta Regression; Technical Efficiency

Indexed keywords

EID: 33846950421     PISSN: 0895562X     EISSN: 15730441     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11123-006-0025-3     Document Type: Article

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