On flexibility

Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization

Volumn 46, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 347-356

  Weiss, Christoph R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KIEL   (Germany)

Author keywords

D23; Farm households; L11; Panel data; Q12; Tactical and operational flexibility

Indexed keywords

EID: 0042367225     PISSN: 01672681     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0167-2681(01)00183-4     Document Type: Article

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