The benefits from public agricultural research in Uruguay

Australian Journal of Agricultural and Resource Economics

Volumn 56, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 475-497

  Bervejillo, José E ^a   Alston, Julian M ^b   Tumber, Kabir P ^b  

^a University of California ^*

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Agricultural productivity; Levy based funding; Public agricultural R D; Rates of return; Uruguay

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION; AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; ECONOMETRICS; KNOWLEDGE; RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT;

URUGUAY;

EID: 84866291713     PISSN: 1364985X     EISSN: 14678489     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-8489.2012.00599.x     Document Type: Article

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