Agricultural efficiency, technical change and productivity in China

Post-Communist Economies

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 207-227

  Wang, Xiaobing ^a,b   Rungsuriyawiboon, Supawat ^c  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

^b LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE OF AGRICULTURAL DEVELOPMENT IN TRANSITION ECONOMIES IAMO   (Germany)

^c THAMMASAT UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADVANCED TECHNOLOGY; AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION; ECONOMIC REFORM; LABOR PRODUCTIVITY; PANEL DATA; TECHNICAL EFFICIENCY; TOTAL FACTOR PRODUCTIVITY;

CHINA;

EID: 77952821313     PISSN: 14631377     EISSN: 14653958     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14631371003740704     Document Type: Article

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