Joint estimation of technology choice and technical efficiency: an application to organic and conventional dairy farming

Springer Science and Business Media LLC - Tập 31 Số 3 - Trang 151-161 - 2009
Subal C. Kumbhakar1, Efthymios G. Tsionas2, Timo Sipiläinen3
1Department of Economics, State University of New York, Binghamton, USA
2Department of Economics, Athens University of Economics and Business, Athens, Greece
3Agrifood Research Finland, MTT Economic Research, Helsinki, Finland

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