Estimation of technical efficiency in Czech agriculture with respect to firm heterogeneity;Odhad technické efektivnosti v českém zemědělství s ohledem na firemní heterogenitu

Agricultural Economics

Volumn 56, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 183-191

  Čechura, Lukáš ^a  

^a CZECH UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES PRAGUE   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Agricultural companies; Firm heterogeneity; SFA (Stochastic Frontier Analysis); Technical efficiency

Indexed keywords

EID: 77951823480     PISSN: 0139570X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.17221/23/2010-agricecon     Document Type: Article

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