Land distribution and international agricultural productivity

American Journal of Agricultural Economics

Volumn 89, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 202-216

  Vollrath, Dietrich ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Agricultural production function; Agricultural productivity; Land inequality

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL LAND; AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION; FARM SIZE; PRODUCTIVITY;

EID: 33846926838     PISSN: 00029092     EISSN: 14678276     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-8276.2007.00973.x     Document Type: Article

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