Farm household incomes: Perceptions and statistics

Journal of Rural Studies

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 345-358

  Hill, Berkeley ^a  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL POLICY; COMMON AGRICULTURAL POLICY; EUROPEAN UNION; HOUSEHOLD INCOME;

EUROPE;

EID: 0033166532     PISSN: 07430167     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0743-0167(98)00068-0     Document Type: Article

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