Damage control productivity: Why econometrics matters

American Journal of Agricultural Economics

Volumn 79, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 47-61

  Carpentier, Alain ^a   Weaver, Robert D ^b  

^a CEMAGREF   (France)

^b PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Damage control; Panel data; Pesticides; Productivity

Indexed keywords

METHODOLOGY;

EID: 0031419974     PISSN: 00029092     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/1243942     Document Type: Article

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