Structural change, capital investment and productivity in the food processing industry

American Journal of Agricultural Economics

Volumn 79, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 110-125

  Morrison, Catherine J ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b Giannini Foundation   (United States)

Author keywords

Agricultural inputs; Capital composition; Capital fixity; Capital investment; Food processing; Productivity; Structural change

Indexed keywords

INDUSTRIAL RESTRUCTURING;

EID: 0031419023     PISSN: 00029092     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/1243947     Document Type: Article

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