Long-run and Global R and D Funding Trajectories: The U.S. Farm Bill in a Changing Context

American Journal of Agricultural Economics

Volumn 97, Issue 5, 2015, Pages 1312-1323

  Pardey, Philip G ^a   Chan Kang, Connie ^a   Beddow, Jason M ^a   Dehmer, Steven P ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^b Health Partners Institute for Education and Research   (United States)

Author keywords

Agriculture; innovation; policy; research; technical change

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION; COMPETITIVENESS; INNOVATION; RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT; SPILLOVER EFFECT; TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENT;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 84943526517     PISSN: 00029092     EISSN: 14678276     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ajae/aav035     Document Type: Review

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