Subsidized farm input programs and agricultural performance: A farm-level analysis of West Bengal's green revolution, 1982-1995

American Economic Journal: Applied Economics

Volumn 3, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 186-214

  Bardhan, Pranab ^a   Mookherjee, Dilip ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b Boston University   (United States)

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EID: 80053983354     PISSN: 19457782     EISSN: 19457790     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1257/app.3.4.186     Document Type: Article

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