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Trade openness and technical efficiency in Brazilian agriculture

Dragan Miljkovic Department of Agribusiness and Applied Economics, North Dakota State University, 500 Barry Hall, Fargo, ND, 58108-6050, USACorrespondence[email protected]
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Silvia H. Miranda Luiz de Queiroz College of Agriculture (ESALQ), University of São Paulo, Piracicaba, Brazil
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Saleem Shaik Department of Agribusiness and Applied Economics, North Dakota State University, 500 Barry Hall, Fargo, ND, 58108-6050, USA
Pages 103-106 | Published online: 30 Apr 2012

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