Technical efficiency for Colombian small crop and livestock farmers : a stochastic metafrontier approach for different production systems

Borradores de Economia
Number: 
914
Published: 
Classification JEL: 
C14, Q12, D24
Keywords: 
Human capital agglomeration, Social returns, Private returns, Externalities, Uncertainty, Fiscal policy
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