Farmer response to policies promoting organic farming technologies in Finland

European Review of Agricultural Economics

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 1-15

  Pietola, Kyösti S ^a   Lansink, Alfons Oude ^b  

^a FINNISH FOREST RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^b WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Dynamic optimisation; Finland; Organic farming; Switching type probit; Technology choice

Indexed keywords

EID: 0035613494     PISSN: 01651587     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/erae/28.1.1     Document Type: Article

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