Green subsidies in agriculture: Estimating the adoption costs of conservation tillage from observed behavior

Canadian Journal of Agricultural Economics

Volumn 54, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 247-267

  Kurkalova, Lyubov ^a   Kling, Catherine ^b   Zhao, Jinhua ^b  

^a SOUTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 33646078571     PISSN: 00083976     EISSN: 17447976     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1744-7976.2006.00048.x     Document Type: Article

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