Estimation of area elasticities from a standard profit function

American Journal of Agricultural Economics

Volumn 89, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 727-737

  Arnade, Carlos ^a   Kelch, David ^a  

^a ECONOMIC RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

Area response; Duality; Land; Profitfunction; Shadowprice

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION; DEMAND ANALYSIS; EQUATION; ESTIMATION METHOD; PROFITABILITY;

IOWA; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 34547459565     PISSN: 00029092     EISSN: 14678276     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-8276.2007.01004.x     Document Type: Article

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