Regionalization and foot-and-mouth disease control in South America: Lessons from spatial models of coordination and interactions

Quarterly Review of Economics and Finance

Volumn 45, Issue 2-3 SPEC. ISS., 2005, Pages 526-540

  Rich, Karl M ^a   Winter Nelson, Alex ^a   Brozović, Nicholas ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

Agricultural policy; Foot and mouth disease; Regional externalities; Social interactions; Spatial games

Indexed keywords

EID: 17844409120     PISSN: 10629769     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.qref.2004.12.018     Document Type: Article

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