Variations on invariance or some unpleasant nonparametric arithmetic

American Journal of Agricultural Economics

Volumn 79, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 1164-1176

  Chalfant, James A ^a,b   Zhang, Bin ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b Giannini Foundation of Agricultural Economics   (United States)

^c CH2M HILL   (United States)

Author keywords

Nonparametric demand analysis; Productivity; Taste change; Technical change

Indexed keywords

EID: 0345210251     PISSN: 00029092     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/1244273     Document Type: Article

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