Total factor productivity and agricultural research relationship: Evidence from crops sub-sector of Pakistan's Punjab

European Journal of Scientific Research

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 87-97

  Kiani, Adiqa Kausar ^a   Iqbal, Muhammad ^b   Javed, Tariq ^c  

^a FEDERAL URDU UNIVERSITY OF ARTS   (Pakistan)

^b PAKISTAN INSTITUTE OF DEVELOPMENT ECONOMICS   (Pakistan)

^c QUAID I AZAM UNIVERSITY   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

Agricultural research; Crops sub sector; Marginal internal rate of return; Tornqvist Theil index; Total factor productivity

Indexed keywords

EID: 65449166456     PISSN: 1450216X     EISSN: 1450202X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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