A meta-analysis of the willingness to pay for reductions in pesticide risk exposure

European Review of Agricultural Economics

Volumn 32, Issue 4 SPEC. ISS., 2005, Pages 441-467

  Florax, Raymond J G M ^a,b,e   Travisi, Chiara M ^c,d   Nijkamp, Peter ^b  

^a PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^c POLITECNICO DI MILANO   (Italy)

^d FONDAZIONE ENI ENRICO MATTEI   (Italy)

^e Tinbergen Institute ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Meta analysis; Pesticide risk; Willingness to pay

Indexed keywords

EID: 30344456717     PISSN: 01651587     EISSN: 14643618     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/erae/jbi025     Document Type: Article

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