Financial incentives and pesticide use

Food Policy

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 133-144

  Zilberman, David ^a   Millock, Katti ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Agriculture; Environment; Incentive; Pesticides; Regulation; Tax

Indexed keywords

ECONOMIC INSTRUMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL ECONOMICS; FINANCIAL INCENTIVE; PESTICIDE USE; REGULATORY APPROACH;

EID: 0030667905     PISSN: 03069192     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0306-9192(97)00004-3     Document Type: Article

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