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The Impact of the 1936 Corn Belt Drought on American Farmers' Adoption of Hybrid Corn

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  • Richard Sutch, 2011. "The Impact of the 1936 Corn Belt Drought on American Farmers' Adoption of Hybrid Corn," NBER Chapters, in: The Economics of Climate Change: Adaptations Past and Present, pages 195-223, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc.
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    3. Richard Hornbeck, 2012. "Nature versus Nurture: The Environment's Persistent Influence through the Modernization of American Agriculture," American Economic Review, American Economic Association, vol. 102(3), pages 245-249, May.
    4. Keith Meyers & Paul Rhode, 2020. "Yield Performance of Corn under Heat Stress: A Comparison of Hybrid and Open-Pollinated Seeds during a Period of Technological Transformation, 1933-1955," NBER Working Papers 27291, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc.
    5. Wright, Brian D., 2012. "Grand missions of agricultural innovation," Research Policy, Elsevier, vol. 41(10), pages 1716-1728.
    6. Michael J. Roberts, 2020. "Comment on "Yield Performance of Corn under Heat Stress: A Comparison of Hybrid and Open-Pollinated Seeds during a Period of Technological Transformation, 1933–55"," NBER Chapters, in: Economics of Research and Innovation in Agriculture, pages 129-138, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc.
    7. Petra Moser, 2021. "Economics of Research and Innovation in Agriculture," NBER Books, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc, number mose-1, May.
    8. Keith Meyers & Paul W. Rhode, 2020. "Yield Performance of Corn under Heat Stress: A Comparison of Hybrid and Open-Pollinated Seeds during a Period of Technological Transformation, 1933–55," NBER Chapters, in: Economics of Research and Innovation in Agriculture, pages 107-129, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc.

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