Capital adjustment in U.S. agriculture and food processing: A cross-sectoral model

Journal of Agricultural and Resource Economics

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 85-98

  Arnade, Carlos ^a   Gopinath, Munisamy ^b  

^a ECONOMIC RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

^b OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Adjustment costs; Capital adjustment; Dynamic duality

Indexed keywords

EID: 0032376005     PISSN: 10685502     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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