Contract Incentives and Excessive Nitrogen Use in Agriculture

Journal of Agricultural and Resource Economics

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 468-484

  Preckel, Paul V ^a   Shively, Gerald E ^a   Baker, Timothy G ^a   Chu, Mei Chin ^b   Burrell, Jessica Eide ^a  

^a PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Agriculture; Environmental externalities; Nitrogen use; Tournament contracts

Indexed keywords

EID: 0034363653     PISSN: 10685502     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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