Internet access and Internet purchasing patterns of farm households

Agricultural and Resource Economics Review

Volumn 38, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 240-257

  Mishra, Ashok K ^a   Williams, Robert P ^b   Detre, Joshua D ^a  

^a LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b ECONOMIC RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

Adoption of Internet; Doublehurdle model; Education; Farm business; Farm households; Farm size; Internet; Major household items; Minor farm inputs

Indexed keywords

EID: 84055178595     PISSN: 10682805     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1068280500003233     Document Type: Article

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