Productivity and comparative advantage in rice agriculture in South-East Asia since 1870

Asian Economic Journal

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 345-370

  van der Eng, Pierre ^a  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Agriculture; Asia; Productivity; Rice; Technology

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL PERFORMANCE; COMPARATIVE ADVANTAGE; HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE; NINETEENTH CENTURY; PRODUCTIVITY; RICE; TWENTIETH CENTURY;

ASIA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; SOUTHEAST ASIA; WORLD;

EID: 12144254596     PISSN: 13513958     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-8381.2004.00196.x     Document Type: Article

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