Simple nonparametric tests of technological change: Theory and application to U.S. agriculture

American Journal of Agricultural Economics

Volumn 81, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 850-864

  Bar Shira, Ziv ^a   Finkelshtain, Israel ^a  

^a HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

Author keywords

Neutral technological variations; Nonparametric analysis; Rankable technological variations; Revealed technological superiority

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL TECHNOLOGY; METHODOLOGY; TECHNOLOGICAL CHANGE;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 0032746852     PISSN: 00029092     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/1244329     Document Type: Article

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