The economics and econometrics of damage control

American Journal of Agricultural Economics

Volumn 79, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 773-785

  Saha, Atanu ^a,d   Shumway, C Richard ^b   Havenner, Arthur ^c  

^a Micronomics   (United States)

^b TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d Micronomics Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

Damage control; Pesticide usage; Stochastic production; Yield variability

Indexed keywords

EID: 0000339877     PISSN: 00029092     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/1244419     Document Type: Article

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