论文信息 - The Evolution of Structural Change in the U.S. Farm Sector

The Evolution of Structural Change in the U.S. Farm Sector

James M. MacDonald* Robert Hoppe* David Banker* May, 2004 *U.S. Department of Agriculture, Economic Research Service. Paper prepared for the International Agricultural Trade Research Consortium (IATRC) conference, Philadelphia, June 6, 2004. We thank Mary Ahearn, David Harrington, Jeffrey Hopkins, William McBride, and James Johnson for comments on earlier drafts. The views expressed herein are not necessarily those of the U.S. Department of Agriculture.

R. Hoppe | J. Macdonald | D. Banker

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