Nonparametric measures of the impact of public research expenditures on Australian broadacre agriculture

Australian Journal of Agricultural and Resource Economics

Volumn 41, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 333-360

  Cox, Thomas ^a   Mullen, John ^b   Hu, Wensheng ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^b NSW AGRICULTURE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION; AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH; BROADACRE AGRICULTURE; NON-PARAMETRIC ANALYSIS; RESEARCH IMPACT;

AUSTRALIA;

EID: 0031413641     PISSN: 1364985X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1467-8489.00017     Document Type: Article

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