Deregulation and dairy production systems: A Bayesian distance function approach

Journal of Productivity Analysis

Volumn 34, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 213-237

  Sauer, Johannes ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Bayesian estimation; Deregulation; Productivity

Indexed keywords

EID: 78049276237     PISSN: 0895562X     EISSN: 15730441     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11123-010-0179-x     Document Type: Article

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