Agricultural policy and productivity: Evidence from Brazilian censuses

Agricultural Economics (United Kingdom)

Volumn 43, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 355-367

  Rada, Nicholas E ^a   Buccola, Steven T ^b  

^a ECONOMIC RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

^b OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Brazilian agriculture; Efficiency; Embrapa; Input distance function; Stochastic frontier; Technical change; Total factor productivity

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL POLICY; AGRICULTURAL PRACTICE; AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION; ECONOMIC ANALYSIS; STOCHASTICITY; TECHNICAL EFFICIENCY;

BRAZIL;

EID: 84863542917     PISSN: 01695150     EISSN: 15740862     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1574-0862.2012.00588.x     Document Type: Article

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