The cost advantage of sicilian wine farms

American Journal of Applied Sciences

Volumn 10, Issue 12, 2013, Pages 1529-1536

  Tudisca, Salvatore ^a   Di Trapani, Anna Maria ^a   Sgroi, Filippo ^a   Testa, Riccardo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PALERMO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Minimum optimal farm size; Production cost; Profitability

Indexed keywords

EID: 84891442570     PISSN: 15469239     EISSN: 15543641     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3844/ajassp.2013.1529.1536     Document Type: Article

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