Agricultural productivity growth in the European union and transition countries

European Agriculture: Enlargement, Structural Change, CAP Reform, and Trade Liberalization

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages 1-18

  Rungsuriyawiboon, Supawat ^a,b   Lissitsa, Alexej ^a,b  

^a CHIANG MAI UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

^b LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE OF AGRICULTURAL DEVELOPMENT IN TRANSITION ECONOMIES IAMO   (Germany)

Author keywords

Agriculture; Biased technical change; Catch up; Central and eastern europe; Productivity; Transition countries

Indexed keywords

EID: 84895320064     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: None     Document Type: Chapter

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