Effects of U.S. Public Agricultural R&D on U.S. Obesity and its Social Costs
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- Julian M. Alston & Joanna P. MacEwan & Abigail M. Okrent, 2016. "Effects of U.S. Public Agricultural R&D on U.S. Obesity and its Social Costs," Applied Economic Perspectives and Policy, Agricultural and Applied Economics Association, vol. 38(3), pages 492-520.
- Alston, Julian M. & Okrent, Abigail M. & Parks, Joanna, 2013. "Effects of U.S. Public Agricultural R&D on U.S. Obesity and its Social Costs," 2013 Conference (57th), February 5-8, 2013, Sydney, Australia 152174, Australian Agricultural and Resource Economics Society.
- Alston, Julian M. & Okrent, Abigail M. & Parks, Joanna, 2013. "Effects of U.S. Public Agricultural R&D on U.S. Obesity and its Social Costs," Working Papers 162524, Robert Mondavi Institute Center for Wine Economics.
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