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Estimating Returns to Agricultural Research, Extension, and Teaching at the State Level

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  • Norton, George W.
  • Coffey, Joseph D.
  • Frye, E. Berrier

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The majority of decisions concerning investment and allocation of public funds for agricultural research, extension, and teaching (RET) are made at the state-level, while most of the quantitative RET evaluations are made on a national basis. This paper illustrates an approach for conducting a disaggregated state-level evaluation of agricultural research, extension, and teaching. Ridge regression is employed to handle multicollinearity problems.

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  • Norton, George W. & Coffey, Joseph D. & Frye, E. Berrier, 1983. "Estimating Returns to Agricultural Research, Extension, and Teaching at the State Level," Journal of Agricultural and Applied Economics, Cambridge University Press, vol. 16(1), pages 121-128, July.
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