Re-examining the reported rates of return to food and agricultural research and development

American Journal of Agricultural Economics

Volumn 96, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 1492-1504

  Hurley, Terrance M ^a,b   Rao, Xudong ^a,b   Pardey, Philip G ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^b University of Minnesota's   (United States)

Author keywords

Benefit cost ratio; Internal rate of return; Modified internal rate of return; R D

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL ECONOMICS; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; FOOD; INVESTMENT; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT;

EID: 84938735843     PISSN: 00029092     EISSN: 14678276     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ajae/aau047     Document Type: Article

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