Exploring the relationship between farm size and productivity: Evidence from the Australian grains industry
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DOI: 10.1016/j.foodpol.2018.03.012
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Agricultural productivity; Farm size; Contract service; Capital outsourcing;All these keywords.
JEL classification:
- Q1 - Agricultural and Natural Resource Economics; Environmental and Ecological Economics - - Agriculture
- D24 - Microeconomics - - Production and Organizations - - - Production; Cost; Capital; Capital, Total Factor, and Multifactor Productivity; Capacity
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