Comparisons of agricultural productivity growth in China and India

Journal of Productivity Analysis

Volumn 33, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 209-223

  Nin Pratt, Alejandro ^a   Yu, Bingxin ^a   Fan, Shenggen ^a  

^a INTERNATIONAL FOOD POLICY RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Agriculture; China; Comparison; India; Malmquist index; Policies; Structural change; Total factor productivity

Indexed keywords

EID: 77952430337     PISSN: 0895562X     EISSN: 15730441     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11123-009-0156-4     Document Type: Article

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