Returns to American agricultural research: Results from a cointegration model

Journal of Policy Modeling

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 185-211

  Makki, Shiva S ^a,b   Thraen, Cameron S ^a   Tweeten, Luther G ^a  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

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EID: 0033089862     PISSN: 01618938     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0161-8938(97)00059-8     Document Type: Article

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