The Diffusion of Tractors on the Canadian Prairies: The Threshold Model and the Problem of Uncertainty

Explorations in Economic History

Volumn 37, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 189-216

  Lew, Byron ^a  

^a TRENT UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

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EID: 0001655243     PISSN: 00144983     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/exeh.2000.0737     Document Type: Article

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