Partial market liberalization and the efficiency of policy reform: The case of the European dairy sector

American Journal of Agricultural Economics

Volumn 84, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 1003-1020

  Bouamra Mechemache, Zohra ^a   Chavas, Jean Paul ^a   Cox, Thomas L ^a   Réquillart, Vincent ^a  

^a Institut National de Recherche Agronomique   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

Dairy; Efficiency; European Union; Market liberalization; Policy reform

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL POLICY; DAIRY FARMING; LIBERALIZATION; POLICY REFORM;

EUROPE;

EID: 0036865878     PISSN: 00029092     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1467-8276.00363     Document Type: Article

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