Discussion: Measuring Input Changes in Agriculture

Keywords

Farm commodities, Agricultural price indices, Agricultural resources, Productivity, Grazing fees, Silvopastoral systems, Public investments, Marginal products

Abstract

These two papers should be considered as complements rather than as substitutes for most of the varied purposes which they serve. The Gril- iches paper is largely a critique of methods and procedures reported in the other as they apply to estimation of aggregate inputs for agriculture for the purpose of explaining output changes. Even if Griliches is right in his criticisms it does not mean that the attempt of the USDA to con- struct this new input index is not useful for other purposes.

Original Publication Citation

Measuring Inputs in Agriculture, Journal of Farm Economics, 42:1430-1434, December 1960.

Document Type

Peer-Reviewed Article

Publication Date

1960-12

Permanent URL

http://hdl.lib.byu.edu/1877/5103

Publisher

Journal of Farm Economics

Language

English

College

Family, Home, and Social Sciences

Department

Economics

University Standing at Time of Publication

Full Professor

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