Recruiting agricultural economics graduate students: Student demand for program attributes

American Journal of Agricultural Economics

Volumn 86, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 175-184

  Mark, Darrell R ^a   Lusk, Jayson L ^b   Daniel, M Scott ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

^b Purdue University ^*  (United States)

^c Rural Business Cooperative Service   (United States)

Author keywords

Assistantship; Conjoint analysis; Graduate students; School choice; School ranking

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL ECONOMICS;

EID: 1342267491     PISSN: 00029092     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0092-5853.2004.00570.x     Document Type: Article

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