Why Should i Believe Your Applied Economics?

American Journal of Agricultural Economics

Volumn 100, Issue 2, 2018, Pages 381-391

  Swinton, Scott M ^a  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL ECONOMICS; AGRICULTURAL SCIENCE; ECONOMIC THEORY; MODEL VALIDATION; THEORETICAL STUDY;

EID: 85043243330     PISSN: 00029092     EISSN: 14678276     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ajae/aax096     Document Type: Article

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