Measures of fixed capital in agriculture

Productivity growth in Agriculture: An International Perspective

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages 313-334

  Butzer, Rita ^a   Mundlak, Yair ^b   Larson, Donald F ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^b HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

^c WORLD BANK   (United States)

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