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The Nature of the Agricultural Firm

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  • James A. Roumasset

    (Department of Economics, University of Hawaii at Manoa)

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  • James A. Roumasset, 1993. "The Nature of the Agricultural Firm," Working Papers 199317, University of Hawaii at Manoa, Department of Economics.
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