Estimating the value of an early-warning system

Review of Agricultural Economics

Volumn 31, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 303-329

  Roberts, Michael J ^a   Schimmelpfennig, David ^a   Livingston, Michael J ^a   Ashley, Elizabeth ^b  

^a ECONOMIC RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

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GLYCINE MAX; PUERARIA MONTANA VAR. LOBATA;

EID: 65549156495     PISSN: 10587195     EISSN: 14679353     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9353.2009.01439.x     Document Type: Article

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