Urban influence on costs of production in the corn belt

American Journal of Agricultural Economics

Volumn 88, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 930-946

  Nehring, Richard ^a   Barnard, Charles ^a   Banker, David ^a   Breneman, Vince ^a  

^a ECONOMIC RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

Input distance function; Scale efficiency; Stochastic production frontier; Technical efficiency; Urban influence

Indexed keywords

CROP PRODUCTION; MAIZE; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TECHNICAL EFFICIENCY;

CORN BELT; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

SUIDAE; SUS SCROFA; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 33750056052     PISSN: 00029092     EISSN: 14678276     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-8276.2006.00907.x     Document Type: Article

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