Productivity in Chinese provincial agriculture

Journal of Agricultural Economics

Volumn 49, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 378-392

  Lambert, David K ^a   Parker, Elliott ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION; DECOLLECTIVIZATION; PRODUCTIVITY; RURAL AREA;

CHINA;

EID: 0032426334     PISSN: 0021857X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1477-9552.1998.tb01279.x     Document Type: Article

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