Explaining differences in milk quota values: The role of economic efficiency

American Journal of Agricultural Economics

Volumn 88, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 182-193

  Alvarez, Antonio ^a   Arias, Carlos ^b   Orea, Luis ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OVIEDO   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEÓN   (Spain)

Author keywords

Cost function; Economic efficiency; Milk; Quota values

Indexed keywords

MILK;

EID: 33644783805     PISSN: 00029092     EISSN: 14678276     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-8276.2006.00846.x     Document Type: Article

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