Technical efficiency estimates of Scottish agriculture: A note

Journal of Agricultural Economics

Volumn 59, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 370-376

  Barnes, Andrew ^a  

^a SCOTTISH AGRICULTURAL COLLEGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Inefficiency effects; Stochastic frontiers; Technical effeciency

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION; EFFICIENCY MEASUREMENT; ESTIMATION METHOD; TECHNICAL EFFICIENCY;

EURASIA; EUROPE; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE;

OVIS ARIES;

EID: 43049137692     PISSN: 0021857X     EISSN: 14779552     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1477-9552.2008.00156.x     Document Type: Article

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