What is the value of agricultural economics research?

American Journal of Agricultural Economics

Volumn 85, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 81-94

  Schimmelpfennig, David E ^b   Norton, George W ^a  

^a VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Agricultural economics research evaluation; Bayesian decision theory

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL ECONOMICS; AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH; BAYESIAN ANALYSIS; DECISION MAKING;

EID: 0037326947     PISSN: 00029092     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1467-8276.00104     Document Type: Article

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