Sources of Growth in French Agriculture: Short-Run Supply and Input Demand Responses and Effects of Technological Change

A disaggregated variable profit function model is estiamted for French agriculture. Short-run results suggest price inelastic, positively sloped supply functions and that French agricultural production has benefited from important technological gains since the early 1960s. These gains are due both to domestic public agricultural research expenditures and international transfers of technology.

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Year of publication:	1989
Authors:	Bouchet, Frederic ; Orden, David ; Norton, George
Institutions:	International Association of Agricultural Economists - IAAE
Subject:	Agribusiness \| Demand and Price Analysis \| Research and Development/Tech Change/Emerging Technologies

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Extent:	application/pdf
Series:	Occasional Paper Series No. 5.
Type of publication:	Book / Working Paper
Notes:	The text is part of a series 1989 Occasional Paper Series No. 5 Number 197671
Source:	RePEc - Research Papers in Economics

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