To tell the truth about interpreting the Morishima Elasticity of Substitution

Canadian Journal of Agricultural Economics

Volumn 44, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 173-182

  Davis, George C ^a   Shumway, C Richard ^a  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 0030496396     PISSN: 00083976     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1744-7976.1996.tb00192.x     Document Type: Article

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