Decomposition of productivity growth using distance functions: The case of dairy farms in three European countries

American Journal of Agricultural Economics

Volumn 84, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 628-644

  Brümmer, Bernhard ^a   Glauben, Thomas ^a   Thijssen, Geert ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KIEL   (Germany)

^b WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Distance function; Stochastic frontiers; Total factor productivity

Indexed keywords

EID: 84994579870     PISSN: 00029092     EISSN: 14678276     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1467-8276.00324     Document Type: Article

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