Testing for the efficiency of a policy intended to meet objectives: General model and application

Journal of Agricultural and Resource Economics

Volumn 31, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 151-172

  Salhofer, Klaus ^a   Schmid, Erwin ^b   Streicher, Gerhard ^c  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NATURAL RESOURCES AND LIFE SCIENCES   (Austria)

^c JOANNEUM RESEARCH   (Austria)

Author keywords

Agricultural policy; Policy efficiency; Statistical policy analysis

Indexed keywords

EID: 33748849434     PISSN: 10685502     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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