Effective costs and chemical use in United States agricultural production: Using the environment as a "free" input

American Journal of Agricultural Economics

Volumn 84, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 902-915

  Morrison Paul, Catherine J ^a   Ball, V Eldon ^a   Felthoven, Ronald G ^a   Grube, Arthur ^a   Nehring, Richard F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b U S DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE   (United States)

^c NATIONAL MARINE FISHERIES SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

Agricultural production; Cost structure; Pesticide demand; Shadow values; Substitution

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL ECONOMICS; AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION; AGROCHEMICAL; PESTICIDE;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 0036865873     PISSN: 00029092     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1467-8276.00356     Document Type: Article

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