The Spanish beef sector in the 1990s: Impact of the BSE crisis on efficiency and profitability

Applied Economics

Volumn 37, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 473-484

  Iraizoz, Belen ^a   Bardaji, Isabel ^b   Rapun, Manuel ^a  

^a PUBLIC UNIVERSITY OF NAVARRE   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSIDAD POLITÉCNICA DE MADRID   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL POLICY; BOVINE SPONGIFORM ENCEPHALOPATHY; FOOD INDUSTRY; LIVESTOCK FARMING; MEAT; PROFITABILITY; TECHNICAL EFFICIENCY;

EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; EUROPE; SOUTHERN EUROPE; SPAIN; WORLD;

EID: 15044352163     PISSN: 00036846     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/0003684042000295359     Document Type: Article

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