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    Dynamics of Agricultural Technology Adoption: Age Structure, Reversibility, and UncertaintyAuthor(s): Kenneth A. Baerenklau and Keith C. KnappSource: American Journal of Agricultural Economics, Vol. 89, No. 1 (Feb., 2007), pp. 190-201Published by: on behalf of theOxford University Press Agricultural & Applied EconomicsAssociationStable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/4123572Accessed: 05-03-2016 11:33 UTC

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