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Measurement of U.S. Agricultural Productivity: A Review of Current Statistics and Proposals for Change

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  • Unknown, 1980. "Measurement of U.S. Agricultural Productivity: A Review of Current Statistics and Proposals for Change," Technical Bulletins 157718, United States Department of Agriculture, Economic Research Service.
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    2. C. Thirtle & P. Bottomley, 1992. "Total Factor Productivity In Uk Agriculture, 1967‐90," Journal of Agricultural Economics, Wiley Blackwell, vol. 43(3), pages 381-400, September.
    3. Georganta, Zoe, 1997. "The effect of a free market price mechanism on total factor productivity: The case of the agricultural crop industry in Greece," International Journal of Production Economics, Elsevier, vol. 52(1-2), pages 55-71, October.
    4. Bottomley, Paul & Ozanne, Adam & Thirtle, Colin, 1988. "A Total Factor Productivity Index for U.K. Agriculture 1967-87," Manchester Working Papers in Agricultural Economics 232799, University of Manchester, School of Economics, Agricultural Economics Department.
    5. Thirtle, Colin, 1986. "Problems in the Definition and Measurement of Technical Change and Productivity Growth in the U.K. Agricultural Sector," Manchester Working Papers in Agricultural Economics 232790, University of Manchester, School of Economics, Agricultural Economics Department.
    6. van Zyl, J. & van Schalkwyk, H. D. & Thirtle, C., 1993. "Entrepreneurship And The Bottom Line: How Much Of Agriculture'S Profits Is Due To Changes In Price, How Much To Productivity?," Agrekon, Agricultural Economics Association of South Africa (AEASA), vol. 32(4), December.
    7. Huffman, Wallace E. & Evenson, Robert E., 2000. "Structural and productivity change in US agriculture, 1950-1982," Agricultural Economics, Blackwell, vol. 24(2), pages 127-147, January.

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