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Land Reform And Technical Efficiency: Panel Data Evidence From Northeastern Brazil

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  • GUILHERME BERSE RODRIGUES LAMBAIS
  • MARCELO MARQUES DE MAGALHÃES
  • JOSÉ MARIA FERREIRA JARDIM DA SILVEIRA

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  • Guilherme Berse Rodrigues Lambais & Marcelo Marques De Magalhães & José Maria Ferreira Jardim Da Silveira, 2014. "Land Reform And Technical Efficiency: Panel Data Evidence From Northeastern Brazil," Anais do XL Encontro Nacional de Economia [Proceedings of the 40th Brazilian Economics Meeting] 200, ANPEC - Associação Nacional dos Centros de Pós-Graduação em Economia [Brazilian Association of Graduate Programs in Economics].
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