Economies of scale and scope and the economic efficiency of China's agricultural research system

International Economic Review

Volumn 46, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 1033-1057

  Jin, Songqing ^a   Rozelle, Scott ^b   Alston, Julian ^b   Huang, Jikun ^b  

^a WORLD BANK   (United States)

^b NONE

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EID: 27744494054     PISSN: 00206598     EISSN: 14682354     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-2354.2005.00356.x     Document Type: Review

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