Determinants of technical efficiency of crop and livestock farms in Poland

Applied Economics

Volumn 36, Issue 12, 2004, Pages 1255-1263

  Latruffe, Laure ^a,b   Balcombe, Kelvin ^c   Davidova, Sophia ^c   Zawalinska, Katarzyna ^d  

^a CEMAGREF   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ PARIS OUEST NANTERRE LA DÉFENSE   (France)

^c IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^d Centrum Analiz Społeczno Ekonomicznych   (Poland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CROP PRODUCTION; DATA ENVELOPMENT ANALYSIS; LIVESTOCK FARMING; TECHNICAL EFFICIENCY;

CENTRAL EUROPE; EURASIA; EUROPE; POLAND;

EID: 3543077642     PISSN: 00036846     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/0003684042000176793     Document Type: Article

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