Technical efficiency and firm exit in the wine and meat sector: Policy implications

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Volumn 9, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 25-31

  Kallas, Zein ^a   Lambarra, Fatima ^b  

^a Edifici ESAB   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Duration analysis; Market exit; Stochastic frontier; Wine and meat industries

Indexed keywords

EID: 77955183813     PISSN: 15945685     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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