Is U.S. agricultural productivity growth slowing?

Applied Economic Perspectives and Policy

Volumn 35, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 435-450

  Ball, Eldon ^a   Schimmelpfennig, David ^a   Wang, Sun Ling ^a  

^a U S DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE   (United States)

Author keywords

Agriculture; Structural breaks; Total factor productivity growth

Indexed keywords

EID: 84894550766     PISSN: 20405790     EISSN: 20405804     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/aepp/ppt014     Document Type: Article

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