Knowledge capital and cost structure in the U.S. food and fiber industries

American Journal of Agricultural Economics

Volumn 80, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 30-45

  Morrison, Catherine J ^a   Siegel, Donald ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Food and fiber industries; Knowledge capital; Production costs; Scale economies; Short and long run

Indexed keywords

EID: 0007488234     PISSN: 00029092     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/3180266     Document Type: Article

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