Sequential adoption of package technologies: The dynamics of stacked trait corn adoption

American Journal of Agricultural Economics

Volumn 93, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 130-143

  Aldana, Ursula ^a   Foltz, Jeremy D ^a   Barham, Bradford L ^a   Useche, Pilar ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Bayesian models; genetically modified seeds; technology adoption; uncertainty

Indexed keywords

BAYESIAN ANALYSIS; FARMERS ATTITUDE; GENETICALLY MODIFIED ORGANISM; MAIZE; NUMERICAL MODEL; TECHNOLOGY ADOPTION; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

ZEA MAYS;

EID: 79952939212     PISSN: 00029092     EISSN: 14678276     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ajae/aaq112     Document Type: Article

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