Dynamics of productivity and technical efficiency in Russian agriculture

European Review of Agricultural Economics

Volumn 39, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 611-637

  Bokusheva, Raushan ^a   Hockmann, Heinrich ^b   Kumbhakar, Subal C ^c  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE OF AGRICULTURAL DEVELOPMENT IN TRANSITION ECONOMIES IAMO   (Germany)

^c BINGHAMTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

GMM estimation; Russia; technical efficiency; total factor productivity

Indexed keywords

EID: 84856978452     PISSN: 01651587     EISSN: 14643618     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/erae/jbr059     Document Type: Review

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