A model of production with supply management for the canadian agricultural sector

American Journal of Agricultural Economics

Volumn 70, Issue 2, 1988, Pages 318-329

  Moschini, Giancarlo ^a  

^a IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Allocatable fixed factors; Canada; Duality; Normal inputs; Profit function; Supply management

Indexed keywords

EID: 0347023549     PISSN: 00029092     EISSN: 14678276     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/1242072     Document Type: Article

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