Recovering the shadow value of nutrients

American Journal of Agricultural Economics

Volumn 89, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 52-62

  Beatty, Timothy K M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Food policy; Maximum entropy; Nutrient prices; Nutrition

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL PRICE; FOOD POLICY; MODEL; NUTRITION; THEORETICAL STUDY;

EID: 33846932857     PISSN: 00029092     EISSN: 14678276     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-8276.2007.00962.x     Document Type: Article

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