Learning-by-doing or technological leapfrogging: PRODUCTION frontiers and efficiency measurement in Norwegian salmon aquaculture

Aquaculture Economics and Management

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 97-119

  Nilsen, Odd Bjarte ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF STAVANGER   (Norway)

Author keywords

Aquaculture; Salmon; Stochastic frontier analysis; Technical inefficiency

Indexed keywords

AQUACULTURE PRODUCTION; ESTIMATION METHOD; PRODUCTIVITY; SALMONID; STOCHASTICITY; TECHNICAL EFFICIENCY;

EID: 77952638999     PISSN: 13657305     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13657301003776649     Document Type: Article

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