Nonparametric estimates of the components of productivity and profitability change in U.S. agriculture

American Journal of Agricultural Economics

Volumn 94, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 873-890

  O'Donnell, Christopher J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Data Envelopment Analysis; Environmental Change; Lowe Index; Mix Efficiency; Scale Efficiency; Technical Efficiency; Total Factor Productivity

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL ECONOMICS; AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION; DATA ENVELOPMENT ANALYSIS; EFFICIENCY MEASUREMENT; ESTIMATION METHOD; PARAMETERIZATION; PROFITABILITY; THEORETICAL STUDY; TOTAL FACTOR PRODUCTIVITY;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 84862849375     PISSN: 00029092     EISSN: 14678276     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ajae/aas023     Document Type: Article

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