Agricultural land elasticities in the United States and Brazil

Applied Economic Perspectives and Policy

Volumn 33, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 449-462

  Barr, Kanlaya J ^a   Babcock, Bruce A ^a   Carriquiry, Miguel A ^a   Nassar, Andre M ^b   Harfuch, Leila ^b  

^a IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Institute for International Trade Negotiations   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Agricultural land elasticity; Brazil crop production; U.S. aggregate land supply elasticity

Indexed keywords

EID: 80052743721     PISSN: 20405790     EISSN: 20405804     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/aepp/ppr011     Document Type: Article

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