A nonparametric analysis of the determinants of family farm efficiency dynamics in Lithuania

Agricultural Economics (United Kingdom)

Volumn 45, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 589-599

  Baležentis, Tomas ^a   Kriščiukaitiene, Irena ^b   Baležentis, Alvydas ^c  

^a VILNIUS UNIVERSITY   (Lithuania)

^b Lithuanian Institute of Agrarian Economics   (Lithuania)

^c MYKOLAS ROMERIS UNIVERSITY   (Lithuania)

Author keywords

Bootstrapping; Data envelopment analysis; Efficiency; Family farms; Kernel regression

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL ECONOMICS; AGRICULTURAL POLICY; BOOTSTRAPPING; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DATA ENVELOPMENT ANALYSIS; EFFICIENCY MEASUREMENT; FAMILY FARM; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; STOCHASTICITY; SUBSIDY SYSTEM;

LITHUANIA;

EID: 84904627485     PISSN: 01695150     EISSN: 15740862     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/agec.12108     Document Type: Article

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