Crop yield distributions: A reconciliation of previous research and statistical tests for normality

Review of Agricultural Economics

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 163-182

  Harri, Ardian ^a   Erdem, Cumhur ^a   Coble, Keith H ^a,b   Knight, Thomas O ^c  

^a MISSISSIPPI STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b GAZIOSMANPASA UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^c TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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GLYCINE MAX; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 60749135022     PISSN: 10587195     EISSN: 14679353     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9353.2008.01431.x     Document Type: Article

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