Spatial patterns of crop yields in Latin America and the Caribbean

Cuadernos de Economia - Latin American Journal of Economics

Volumn 41, Issue 124, 2004, Pages 361-381

  Wood, Stanley ^a   You, Liangzhi ^a   Zhang, Xiaobo ^a  

^a INTERNATIONAL FOOD POLICY RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Convergence; Crop Yield; Latin America; Spillover; Weather Variability

Indexed keywords

EID: 49149120969     PISSN: 07160046     EISSN: 07176821     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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