Measuring social networks' effects on agricultural technology adoption

American Journal of Agricultural Economics

Volumn 95, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 353-359

  Maertens, Annemie ^a   Barrett, Christopher B ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

^b Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL TECHNOLOGY; BAYESIAN ANALYSIS; CORRELATION; CROSS SECTION; ECONOMIC GROWTH; FOOD SECURITY; INCOME; LABOR PRODUCTIVITY; NUMERICAL MODEL; SOCIAL NETWORK;

EID: 84872743023     PISSN: 00029092     EISSN: 14678276     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ajae/aas049     Document Type: Conference Paper

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