Indices for working land conservation: Form affects function

Review of Agricultural Economics

Volumn 28, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 567-584

  Johansson, Robert C ^a   Cattaneo, Andrea ^b  

^a U S DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE   (United States)

^b OECD   (France)

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EID: 33750203386     PISSN: 10587195     EISSN: 14679353     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9353.2006.00323.x     Document Type: Article

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