Testing the efficient redistribution hypothesis: An application to Japanese beef policy

American Journal of Agricultural Economics

Volumn 81, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 408-423

  Jeong, Kyeong Soo ^a   Bullock, David S ^b   Garcia, Philip ^b  

^a Konkuk University   (South Korea)

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

Author keywords

Efficient redistribution hypothesis; Japanese beef policy

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL POLICY; CATTLE;

JAPAN;

BOS TAURUS;

EID: 0032816278     PISSN: 00029092     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/1244591     Document Type: Article

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