Inefficiencies in the UK milk quota system

Food Policy

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 1-16

  Colman, David ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Costs and inefficiencies; Milk; Tradeable quotas

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL POLICY; EFFICIENCY MEASUREMENT; MILK PRODUCTION; QUOTA SYSTEM;

UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 0033983641     PISSN: 03069192     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0306-9192(99)00061-5     Document Type: Article

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