A Luenberger soil-quality indicator

Journal of Productivity Analysis

Volumn 38, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 145-154

  Hailu, Atakelty ^a   Chambers, Robert G ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

Agricultural technology; Directional distance function; Efficiency; Luenberger indicator; Quality indicator; Soil quality

Indexed keywords

EID: 84865809290     PISSN: 0895562X     EISSN: 15730441     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11123-011-0255-x     Document Type: Article

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