Efficient contract design for agri-environment policy

Journal of Agricultural Economics

Volumn 50, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 187-202

  Moxey, Andrew ^a   White, Ben ^a   Ozanne, Adam ^b  

^a NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGRI-ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY; CONTRACTION; DESIGN;

EID: 0032798860     PISSN: 0021857X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1477-9552.1999.tb00807.x     Document Type: Article

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