Productivity growth in natural resource industries and the environment: An application to the Korean tuna purse-seine fleet in the Pacific Ocean

International Economic Journal

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 81-93

  Squires, Dale ^a   Reid, Christopher ^b   Jeon, Yongil ^c  

^a SOUTHWEST FISHERIES SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

^b Forum Fishing Agency   (Solomon Islands)

^c Sungkyunkwan University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Environment; Korea; Malmquist index; Natural resources; Pacific tuna fisheries; Productivity; Technical change

Indexed keywords

EID: 40449109329     PISSN: 10168737     EISSN: 1743517X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10168730801886978     Document Type: Article

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