Inter-regional difference of agricultural productivity in China: Distinction between biochemical and machinery technology

China Economic Review

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 394-410

  Ito, Junichi ^a  

^a NATIONAL VETERINARY ASSAY LABORATORY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Agriculture; China; Induced innovation; Total factor productivity

Indexed keywords

EID: 77953140303     PISSN: 1043951X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chieco.2010.03.002     Document Type: Article

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