Identity preservation, multitasking, and agricultural contract design

American Journal of Agricultural Economics

Volumn 86, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 842-847

  Hueth, Brent ^a   Melkonyan, Tigran ^b  

^a IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURE;

EID: 3242735593     PISSN: 00029092     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0002-9092.2004.00635.x     Document Type: Article

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