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The Impact of the 1936 Corn Belt Drought on American Farmers' Adoption of Hybrid Corn

In: The Economics of Climate Change: Adaptations Past and Present

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  • Richard Sutch, 2011. "The Impact of the 1936 Corn Belt Drought on American Farmers' Adoption of Hybrid Corn," NBER Chapters, in: The Economics of Climate Change: Adaptations Past and Present, pages 195-223, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc.
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    2. Wright, Brian D., 2012. "Grand missions of agricultural innovation," Research Policy, Elsevier, vol. 41(10), pages 1716-1728.
    3. Michael J. Roberts, 2020. "Comment on "Yield Performance of Corn under Heat Stress: A Comparison of Hybrid and Open-Pollinated Seeds during a Period of Technological Transformation, 1933–55"," NBER Chapters, in: Economics of Research and Innovation in Agriculture, pages 129-138, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc.
    4. Petra Moser, 2020. "Introduction to "Economics of Research and Innovation in Agriculture"," NBER Chapters, in: Economics of Research and Innovation in Agriculture, pages 1-19, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc.
    5. Richard Hornbeck, 2012. "Nature versus Nurture: The Environment's Persistent Influence through the Modernization of American Agriculture," American Economic Review, American Economic Association, vol. 102(3), pages 245-249, May.
    6. Keith Meyers & Paul Rhode, 2020. "Yield Performance of Corn under Heat Stress: A Comparison of Hybrid and Open-Pollinated Seeds during a Period of Technological Transformation, 1933-1955," NBER Working Papers 27291, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc.
    7. Petra Moser, 2021. "Economics of Research and Innovation in Agriculture," NBER Books, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc, number mose-1.
    8. Keith Meyers & Paul W. Rhode, 2020. "Yield Performance of Corn under Heat Stress: A Comparison of Hybrid and Open-Pollinated Seeds during a Period of Technological Transformation, 1933–55," NBER Chapters, in: Economics of Research and Innovation in Agriculture, pages 107-129, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc.

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