The Location of Food Manufacturing Plant Investments in Corn Belt Counties

Journal of Agricultural and Resource Economics

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 680-697

  Henderson, Jason R ^a   McNamara, Kevin T ^a  

^a PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Corn Belt; Food manufacturing; Negative binomial models; Plant investment location

Indexed keywords

EID: 0034356271     PISSN: 10685502     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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