Regional Cost Share Necessary for Rancher Participation in Brush Control

Journal of Agricultural and Resource Economics

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 478-490

  Lee, Andrew C ^a   Conner, J Richard ^b   Mjelde, James W ^b   Richardson, James W ^b   Stuth, Jerry W ^b  

^a SAM HOUSTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Brush control; Cost share; Edwards Plateau; Rancher focus groups; Simulation

Indexed keywords

EID: 0035562660     PISSN: 10685502     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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