Crop supply dynamics and the illusion of partial adjustment

American Journal of Agricultural Economics

Volumn 96, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 1469-1491

  Endricks, Nathan P H ^a   Smith, Aaron ^b   Sumner, Daniel A ^b,c  

^a KANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c University of California   (United States)

Author keywords

Aggregation; Crop rotation; Dynamic panel econometrics

Indexed keywords

CROP ROTATION; ECONOMETRICS; MAIZE; PANEL DATA; PRICE DYNAMICS; SOYBEAN;

ILLINOIS; INDIANA; IOWA; UNITED STATES;

GLYCINE MAX; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 84918842606     PISSN: 00029092     EISSN: 14678276     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ajae/aau024     Document Type: Article

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