Crop Yield Skewness Under Law of the Minimum Technology
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- David A. Hennessy, 2007. "Crop Yield Skewness under the Law of Minimum Technology," Center for Agricultural and Rural Development (CARD) Publications 07-wp451, Center for Agricultural and Rural Development (CARD) at Iowa State University.
- Hennessy, David A., 2012. "Crop Yield Skewness Under Law of Minimum Technology," Staff General Research Papers Archive 35018, Iowa State University, Department of Economics.
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