Investing in Research and Education versus Commodity Programs: Implications for Agricultural Productivity

Journal of Productivity Analysis

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 77-94

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

^a ECONOMIC RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Agricultural productivity; Cointegration; Commodity programs; Education; Error Correction model; Public and private R D

Indexed keywords

EID: 0033433049     PISSN: 0895562X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1007855224376     Document Type: Article

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