Technical efficiency analysis and decomposition of productivity growth of Spanish olive farms

Spanish Journal of Agricultural Research

Volumn 5, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 259-270

  Lambarraa, F ^a   Serra, T ^a   Gil, J M ^a  

^a Edifici ESAB   (Spain)

Author keywords

Olive sector; Primal approach; Stochastic frontier methodology

Indexed keywords

EID: 34548783224     PISSN: 1695971X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5424/sjar/2007053-247     Document Type: Article

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