Technological Backwardness in Agriculture: Is It due to Lack of R&D Expenditures, Human Capital and Openness to International Trade?
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Agricultural production function; Agricultural technology; Dynamic error components models; Non-linear models; R&D expenditures; Human capital; Openness;All these keywords.
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This paper has been announced in the following NEP Reports:- NEP-AGR-2006-12-01 (Agricultural Economics)
- NEP-DEV-2006-12-01 (Development)
- NEP-EFF-2006-12-01 (Efficiency and Productivity)
- NEP-HRM-2006-12-01 (Human Capital and Human Resource Management)
- NEP-INO-2006-12-01 (Innovation)
- NEP-INT-2006-12-01 (International Trade)
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