The Use of Maximum Entropy to Estimate Input-Output Coefficients from Regional Farm Accounting Data

Journal of Agricultural Economics

Volumn 50, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 425-439

  Léon, Yves ^a   Peeters, Ludo ^b   Quinqu, Maurice ^a   Surry, Yves ^a  

^a CEMAGREF   (France)

^b HASSELT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

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EID: 0345861024     PISSN: 0021857X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1477-9552.1999.tb00891.x     Document Type: Article

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