The normative analysis of agricultural policy: A general framework and review

Journal of Agricultural Economics

Volumn 50, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 512-535

  Bullock, David S ^a   Salhofer, Klaus ^a,b,d   Kola, Jukka ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NATURAL RESOURCES AND LIFE SCIENCES   (Austria)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^d Department of Plant Pathology   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL POLICY; METHODOLOGY; POLICY ANALYSIS;

EID: 0032727793     PISSN: 0021857X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1477-9552.1999.tb00896.x     Document Type: Article

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