The diffusion of greenhouse agriculture in Northern Thailand: Combining econometrics and agent-based modeling

Canadian Journal of Agricultural Economics

Volumn 57, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 513-536

  Schreinemachers, Pepijn ^a,b   Berger, Thomas ^a   Sirijinda, Aer ^c   Praneetvatakul, Suwanna ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HOHENHEIM   (Germany)

^b CHIANG MAI UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

^c KASETSART UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

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EID: 70350174323     PISSN: 00083976     EISSN: 17447976     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1744-7976.2009.01168.x     Document Type: Article

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