Exploring the role of managerial ability in influencing dairy farm efficiency

Agricultural and Resource Economics Review

Volumn 39, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 505-516

  Byma, Justin P ^a   Tauer, Loren W ^a  

^a Cornell University ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Dairy farms; Distance function; Management and efficiency; Stochastic frontier analysis

Indexed keywords

EID: 84859747991     PISSN: 10682805     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1068280500007474     Document Type: Article

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