A (recursive) multiple objective approach to analyse changes in the utility function of farmers due to policy reforms

Applied Mathematics and Computation

Volumn 122, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 283-299

  Van Huylenbroeck, Guido ^a   Ureña Campos, Eva María ^a   Vanslembrouck, Isabel ^a  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

Author keywords

CAP reform; Farmers' reactions; Multi objective modelling

Indexed keywords

EID: 0035882667     PISSN: 00963003     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0096-3003(00)00028-X     Document Type: Article

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