Convergence in U.S. productivity growth for agriculture: Implications of interstate research spillovers for funding agricultural research

American Journal of Agricultural Economics

Volumn 82, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 370-388

  McCunn, Alan ^a   Huffman, Wallace E ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

Agriculture; Convergence; Growth; Productivity; Public research; Research and development; Spillins; States

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL PERFORMANCE; CONVERGENCE; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; PRODUCTIVITY; RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 0034080168     PISSN: 00029092     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/0002-9092.00032     Document Type: Article

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