Efficiency in the New Zealand rock lobster fishery: A production frontier analysis

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• This research is supported by the New Zealand Foundation for Research Science and Technology. We also appreciate the assistance of Statistics New Zealand who provided the data and access to their secure data laboratory. The results of this study are the work of the authors, not Statistics New Zealand. An earlier version of the paper was presented to the 10th New Zealand Econometrics Study Group Meeting at The University of Auckland, March 2003. We thank Alan Rogers, John Small, Jun Yu and two anonymous referees for. comments on an earlier draft.
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