The less than sweet solution to Fiji's sugar industry problems

Journal of International Development

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 126-136

  Mahadevan, Renuka ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Land tenure; Stochastic production frontier; Technical efficiency

Indexed keywords

COMPETITION (ECONOMICS); EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; EUROPEAN UNION; LAND TENURE; POLICY IMPLEMENTATION; STOCHASTICITY; SUBSIDY SYSTEM; TECHNICAL EFFICIENCY;

FIJI; MELANESIA; PACIFIC ISLANDS; PACIFIC OCEAN;

EID: 66049152116     PISSN: 09541748     EISSN: 10991328     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jid.1481     Document Type: Article

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