Environmental externalities and the optimal level of market power

American Journal of Agricultural Economics

Volumn 81, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 825-833

  Gopinath, Munisamy ^a   Wu, JunJie ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

Agricultural chemicals; Externality costs; Market power; Social welfare

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL ECONOMICS; MARKET CONDITIONS; PESTICIDE; WELFARE ECONOMICS;

EID: 0032706112     PISSN: 00029092     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/1244327     Document Type: Article

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