The environmental effects of agricultural trade liberalization in Latin America: An interpretation

Ecological Economics

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 5-18

  May, Peter H ^a   Bonilla, Olman Segura ^b  

^a FEDERAL RURAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL   (Costa Rica)

Author keywords

Agriculture; Crop dislocation; Environmental effects; Free trade; Internalization; Latin America; Mercosur; NAFTA

Indexed keywords

EID: 0030922416     PISSN: 09218009     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0921-8009(96)00552-6     Document Type: Article

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