Another look at pesticide productivity and pest damage

American Journal of Agricultural Economics

Volumn 92, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 1401-1419

  Chambers, Robert G ^a   Karagiannis, Giannis ^b   Tzouvelekas, Vangelis ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MACEDONIA   (Greece)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CRETE   (Greece)

Author keywords

damage measurement; damage control; pesticides; pests; productivity; supply response

Indexed keywords

CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; ECONOMETRICS; PANEL DATA; PEST DAMAGE; PESTICIDE APPLICATION; SHADOW PRICING;

EID: 78650617892     PISSN: 00029092     EISSN: 14678276     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ajae/aaq066     Document Type: Article

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