Asymmetry, partial moments, and production risk

American Journal of Agricultural Economics

Volumn 92, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 1294-1309

  Antle, John M ^a  

^a OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

asymmetry; Monte Carlo; partial moments; potatoes; production risk

Indexed keywords

ASYMMETRY; CROP PRODUCTION; ECONOMETRICS; ESTIMATION METHOD; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; MONTE CARLO ANALYSIS; POTATO;

SOLANUM TUBEROSUM;

EID: 78650623398     PISSN: 00029092     EISSN: 14678276     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ajae/aaq077     Document Type: Article

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