Sequential Investment in Site-Specific Crop Management under Output Price Uncertainty

Journal of Agricultural and Resource Economics

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 212-229

  Isik, Murat ^a   Khanna, Madhu ^b   Winter Nelson, Alex ^b  

^a MISSISSIPPI STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

Agricultural technologies; Cost share subsidy; Nitrogen pollution; Option value; Price uncertainty; Spatial variability

Indexed keywords

EID: 0035619892     PISSN: 10685502     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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