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Technological Structure and Technical Change in the U.S. Northeast Farm Region

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  10 May 2017

Conrado M. Gempesaw II  and
James W. Dunn
Conrado M. Gempesaw II
Affiliation:
University of Delaware
James W. Dunn
Affiliation:
The Pennsylvania State University
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Considerable attention has been given to the proper measurement, estimation, and analysis of the technological structure of aggregate U.S. agriculture (Binswanger, Brown, Ray, and Antle). During the last decade, duality theory-motivated studies have also analyzed regional farm production (Saez, and Shumway). Except for the Saez study, no attempt has been made to analyze the farm production structure of the Northeast region.1

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Northeastern Journal of Agricultural and Resource Economics , Volume 15 , Issue 2 , October 1986 , pp. 137 - 144
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Copyright © 1986 Northeastern Agricultural and Resource Economics Association 

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Footnotes

The authors appreciate the comments of S. E. Stefanou. Paper Number 7383 of the Pennsylvania Agricultural Experiment Station.

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