Modeling agricultural supply response using mathematical programming and crop mixes

American Journal of Agricultural Economics

Volumn 94, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 674-686

  Chen, Xiaoguang ^a   Önal, Hayri ^b  

^a SOUTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY OF FINANCE AND ECONOMICS   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

Aggregation; Agricultural supply response; Crop mixes; Mathematical programming; Synthetic mixes

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL ECONOMICS; COMMODITY; CROP PRODUCTION; MARKET TRANSITION; MODELING; NUMERICAL MODEL; PRICE DYNAMICS; SPECIALIZATION;

EID: 84859185945     PISSN: 00029092     EISSN: 14678276     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ajae/aar143     Document Type: Article

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