Nitrogen-land substitution in corn production: A reconciliation of aggregate and firm-level evidence

American Journal of Agricultural Economics

Volumn 78, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 30-40

  Hertel, Thomas W ^a   Stiegert, Kyle ^b   Vroomen, Harry ^c,d  

^a PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b KANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Fertilizer Institute

^d U S DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE   (United States)

Author keywords

Elasticity of substitution; Microsimulation; Nitrogen fertilizer; Producer heterogeneity

Indexed keywords

ZEA MAYS;

EID: 0002161013     PISSN: 00029092     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/1243776     Document Type: Article

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