Input and output biased technological change in US agriculture

Applied Economics Letters

Volumn 11, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 283-286

  Managi, Shunsuke ^a   Karemera, David ^b  

^a TOKYO UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^b SOUTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL TECHNOLOGY; DATA ENVELOPMENT ANALYSIS; TECHNOLOGICAL CHANGE; TOTAL FACTOR PRODUCTIVITY;

NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 2342644971     PISSN: 13504851     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/1350485042000221526     Document Type: Article

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