Data aggregation issues for crop yield risk analysis

Canadian Journal of Agricultural Economics

Volumn 50, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 185-200

  Rudstrom, Margot ^a   Popp, Michael ^b   Manning, Patrick ^b   Gbur, Edward ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS   (United States)

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EID: 0036664058     PISSN: 00083976     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1744-7976.2002.tb00427.x     Document Type: Article

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