Endogenous commodity policies and the social benefits from public research expenditures

American Journal of Agricultural Economics

Volumn 80, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 107-115

  Swinnen, Johan F M ^a   De Gorter, Harry ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

Endogenous policy; Income distribution; Public research

Indexed keywords

EID: 0038810771     PISSN: 00029092     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/3180273     Document Type: Article

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