Input usage, output mix and industry deregulation: An analysis of the Australian dairy manufacturing industry

Australian Journal of Agricultural and Resource Economics

Volumn 51, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 137-156

  Balcombe, Kelvin ^a   Doucouliagos, Hristos ^b   Fraser, Iain ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

^b DEAKIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF KENT   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bayesian; Deregulation; Output distance function

Indexed keywords

BAYESIAN ANALYSIS; DEREGULATION; ESTIMATION METHOD; INDUSTRIAL PRODUCTION; MANUFACTURING;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; NEW SOUTH WALES; TASMANIA; VICTORIA [AUSTRALIA];

EID: 34250353501     PISSN: 1364985X     EISSN: 14678489     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-8489.2007.00370.x     Document Type: Article

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