Efficiency change and productivity growth in agriculture: A comparative analysis for selected East Asian economies

Journal of Asian Economics

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 312-324

  Luh, Yir Hueih ^a   Chang, Ching Cheng ^a,b   Huang, Fung Mey ^a  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b INSTITUTE OF ECONOMICS   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Cross country comparison; East Asian agriculture; International spillovers

Indexed keywords

EID: 48549087330     PISSN: 10490078     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.asieco.2008.05.003     Document Type: Article

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