Sprayed to death: Path dependence, lock-in and pest control strategies

Economic Journal

Volumn 106, Issue 436, 1996, Pages 521-542

  Cowan, Robin ^a   Gunby, Philip ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL PEST; PEST CONTROL; TECHNOLOGY COMPETITION; THEORETICAL STUDY;

EID: 0029797807     PISSN: 00130133     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/2235561     Document Type: Article

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