How productive is infrastructure? A new approach and evidence from rural India

American Journal of Agricultural Economics

Volumn 86, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 492-501

  Zhang, Xiaobo ^a   Fan, Shenggen ^a,b  

^a INTERNATIONAL FOOD POLICY RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b INSTITUTE OF PLANT PROTECTION   (China)

Author keywords

Agricultural productivity; Causality; GMM; India; Infrastructure

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL PERFORMANCE; AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION; INFRASTRUCTURAL DEVELOPMENT; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; PRODUCTIVITY; RURAL ECONOMY;

ASIA; EURASIA; INDIA; SOUTH ASIA;

EID: 2142760122     PISSN: 00029092     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0092-5853.2004.00594.x     Document Type: Article

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