Perspectives on farm policy reform

Journal of Agricultural and Resource Economics

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 1-19

  Alston, Julian M ^a,b   Sumner, Daniel A ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b Giannini Foundation of Agricultural Economics   (United States)

^c University of California Agricultural Issues Center   (United States)

Author keywords

2007 Farm Bill; U.S. farm policy; WTO

Indexed keywords

EID: 34248550671     PISSN: 10685502     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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