Rates of return to public agricultural research in 48 US states

Journal of Productivity Analysis

Volumn 37, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 95-113

  Plastina, Alejandro ^a   Fulginiti, Lilyan ^b  

^a International Cotton Advisory Committee   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

Author keywords

Appropriate jurisdiction; Internal rates of return; Local public goods; Public R D; Spatial; Spillins; Spillovers

Indexed keywords

EID: 84857924433     PISSN: 0895562X     EISSN: 15730441     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11123-011-0252-0     Document Type: Article

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