Acentury-long perspective on agricultural development

American Journal of Agricultural Economics

Volumn 92, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 447-468

  Barrett, Christopher B ^a   Carter, Michael R ^b   Timmer, C Peter ^c  

^a Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Household Models; Institutional Change; Linkages; Structural Transformation; Technical Change

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL DEVELOPMENT; AGRICULTURAL ECONOMICS; CONFERENCE PROCEEDING; INSTITUTIONAL REFORM; MACROECONOMICS; MICROECONOMICS; POLITICAL ECONOMY; TECHNOLOGICAL CHANGE;

EID: 77957685559     PISSN: 00029092     EISSN: 14678276     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ajae/aaq005     Document Type: Conference Paper

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