Quantifying structural change in U.S. agriculture: The case of research and productivity

Journal of Productivity Analysis

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 297-315

  Oehmke, James F ^a   Schimmelpfennig, David E ^b  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b ECONOMIC RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

Agricultural research; Multi factor productivity; Stationarity; Structural breaks

Indexed keywords

EID: 3843053643     PISSN: 0895562X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/B:PROD.0000022095.97676.42     Document Type: Article

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