Replacement of agricultural price supports by area payments in the European union and the effects on pesticide use

American Journal of Agricultural Economics

Volumn 87, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 870-884

  Serra, Teresa ^a   Zilberman, David ^b   Goodwin, Barry K ^c   Hyvonen, Keijo ^a,d  

^a Edifici ESAB   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d Situation of Agricultural Holdings Unit

Author keywords

Common agricultural policy; Crop protection inputs; Elasticity of input use; Partially decoupled policy; Pesticide use

Indexed keywords

AGRI-ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY; ENVIRONMENTAL ECONOMICS; FINANCIAL PROVISION; PESTICIDE;

EURASIA; EUROPE; FRANCE; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 29144507372     PISSN: 00029092     EISSN: 14678276     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-8276.2005.00775.x     Document Type: Article

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