Technical efficiency measures for olive-growing farms in Crete, Greece

International Advances in Economic Research

Volumn 3, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 154-169

  Tzouvelekas, Vangelis M ^a   Giannakas, Konstantinos ^b   Midmore, Peter ^a   Mattas, Konstantinos ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WALES   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

^c ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

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EID: 34548763081     PISSN: 10830898     EISSN: 1573966X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02294936     Document Type: Article

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