Measurement of allocative efficiency in agriculture and its determinants: Evidence from rural west Bengal, India

International Journal of Agricultural Research

Volumn 6, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 377-388

  Laha, Arindam ^a   Kuri, Pravat Kumar ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BURDWAN   (India)

Author keywords

Agrarian institutions; Allocative efficiency; Data envelopment analysis; Rural credit; Tenurial contracts

Indexed keywords

EID: 79958058995     PISSN: 18164897     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3923/ijar.2011.377.388     Document Type: Article

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