Can field experiments return agricultural economics to the glory days?

American Journal of Agricultural Economics

Volumn 91, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 1259-1265

  Herberich, David H ^a   Levitt, Steven D ^b   List, John A ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^b William B Ogden Distinguished Service   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL ECONOMICS; AGRICULTURAL LABOR; EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FIELD METHOD;

EUROPE;

GOSSYPIUM HIRSUTUM;

EID: 74549214031     PISSN: 00029092     EISSN: 14678276     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-8276.2009.01294.x     Document Type: Article

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