Governance and agricultural production efficiency: A cross-country aggregate frontier analysis

Journal of Agricultural Economics

Volumn 60, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 40-61

  Lio, Mon Chi ^a   Hu, Jin Li ^b  

^a NATIONAL SUN YAT SEN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL CHIAO TUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Agricultural efficiency and productivity; Governance; Stochastic frontier analysis

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION; GOVERNANCE APPROACH; INSTITUTIONAL FRAMEWORK; PRODUCTIVITY; STOCHASTICITY; TECHNICAL EFFICIENCY;

EID: 58149513397     PISSN: 0021857X     EISSN: 14779552     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1477-9552.2008.00172.x     Document Type: Article

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