Producer Surplus without apology? Evaluating investments in R&D

Economic Record

Volumn 73, Issue 221, 1997, Pages 146-158

  Martin, Will ^a   Alston, Julian M ^b,c  

^a WORLD BANK   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c Giannini Foundation of Agricultural Economics   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INVESTMENT EVALUATION; PRODUCER SURPLUS; RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT; TECHNOLOGICAL CHANGE;

EID: 0031437388     PISSN: 00130249     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1475-4932.1997.tb00988.x     Document Type: Article

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