An empirical analysis of internet use by U.S. farmers

Agricultural and Resource Economics Review

Volumn 34, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 253-264

  Mishra, Ashok K ^a   Park, Timothy A ^b  

^a ECONOMIC RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Computers; Count data method; Education; Farm households; Internet applications

Indexed keywords

EID: 28844467250     PISSN: 10682805     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1068280500008406     Document Type: Article

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