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

Ligia Alba Melo-Becerra; Antonio José Orozco-Gallo

Borradores de Economia

Number:

914

Published:

Sunday, 1 November 2015

Classification JEL:

C14, Q12, D24

Keywords:

Human capital agglomeration, Social returns, Private returns, Externalities, Uncertainty, Fiscal policy

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