Towards a better estimation of agricultural supply elasticity: The case of soya beans in Brazil

Applied Economics

Volumn 44, Issue 31, 2012, Pages 4005-4018

  de Menezes, Tatiane Almeida ^a   Piketty, Marie Gabrielle ^b  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PERNAMBUCO   (Brazil)

^b CIRAD   (France)

Author keywords

Brazil; Panel data; Soya bean; Supply elasticity

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL TRADE; COMMODITY; ESTIMATION METHOD; EXPORT; INTERNATIONAL TRADE; LIVESTOCK; PANEL DATA; PRICE DYNAMICS; SOYBEAN; TRADE LIBERALIZATION;

BRAZIL;

EID: 80051996553     PISSN: 00036846     EISSN: 14664283     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00036846.2011.587773     Document Type: Article

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