Total factor productivity growth in China's agricultural sector

China Economic Review

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 580-593

  CHEN, Po Chi ^a   YU, Ming Miin ^b   CHANG, Ching Cheng ^c   HSU, Shih Hsun ^d  

^a CHUNG HUA UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL TAIWAN OCEAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c INSTITUTE OF ECONOMICS   (Taiwan)

^d NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Agriculture; China; Malmquist productivity index; Total factor productivity

Indexed keywords

EID: 56349160990     PISSN: 1043951X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chieco.2008.07.001     Document Type: Article

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