Testing the effectiveness of government transfers for agricultural revenue stabilization: The case of the Western Canadian grain sector

Food Policy

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 175-184

  Love, Bruce ^a   Boyd, Milton S ^b   Loyns, R M A ^b   Gibson, Ron ^b  

^a Winnipeg Commodity Exchange   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Grain policy; Revenue stabilization; Stabilization criteria

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL POLICY; GOVERNMENT TRANSFER; GRAIN PRODUCTION; REVENUE STABILISATION;

CANADA;

EID: 0030693746     PISSN: 03069192     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0306-9192(97)00005-5     Document Type: Article

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