The impact of eu accession on farms' technical efficiency in Hungary

Post-Communist Economies

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 165-175

  Bakucs, Lajos Zoltán ^a   Latruffe, Laure ^b   Ferto, Imre ^a,c   Fogarasi, József ^d,e  

^a INSTITUTE OF EXPERIMENTAL MEDICINE   (Hungary)

^b AGROCAMPUS OUEST   (France)

^c Institute of Entrepreneurship and Innovation   (Hungary)

^d Agrargazdasagi Kutatointezet   (Hungary)

^e Partium Christian University   (Romania)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPETITIVENESS; EUROPEAN UNION; FARM; FARMING SYSTEM; LABOR PRODUCTIVITY; LABOR SUPPLY; STOCHASTICITY; TECHNICAL EFFICIENCY;

HUNGARY;

EID: 77952860635     PISSN: 14631377     EISSN: 14653958     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14631371003740639     Document Type: Article

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