Direct and indirect shadow price and cost estimates of nitrogen pollution abatement

Journal of Agricultural and Resource Economics

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 420-432

  Shaik, Saleem ^a   Helmers, Glenn A ^b   Langemeier, Michael R ^c  

^a MISSISSIPPI STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

^c KANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Direct and indirect approaches; Disposability; Nitrogen pollution; Nonparametric programming; Shadow price

Indexed keywords

EID: 0036999994     PISSN: 10685502     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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