Assessing the comparative advantage of Albanian olive oil production

International Food and Agribusiness Management Review

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 15-26

  Mane Kapaj, Ana ^a   Kapaj, Ilir ^b   Chan Halbrendt, Catherine ^c   Totojani, Orkida ^a  

^a AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY OF TIRANA   (Albania)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HOHENHEIM   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

Author keywords

Albania; Comparative advantage; Olive oil production; PAM

Indexed keywords

EID: 77957784797     PISSN: 15592448     EISSN: 15592448     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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