Determinants of agricultural land expansion in Nigeria: An application of error correction modeling (ECM)

Journal of Central European Agriculture

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 301-310

  Oyekale, A S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IBADAN   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

Agricultural land expansion; Cointegrating vector; ECM; Nigeria

Indexed keywords

EID: 38049064950     PISSN: None     EISSN: 13329049     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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