EU agri-environmental programs and the "restaurant table effect"

Agricultural Economics

Volumn 37, Issue 2-3, 2007, Pages 211-218

  Glebe, Thilo ^a   Salhofer, Klaus ^a  

^a TUM SCHOOL OF MANAGEMENT   (Germany)

Author keywords

Agri environmental programs; Agricultural policy; European Union

Indexed keywords

AGRI-ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY; DECISION MAKING; EUROPEAN UNION; PARTICIPATORY APPROACH; POLITICAL ECONOMY;

EID: 36849048249     PISSN: 01695150     EISSN: 15740862     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1574-0862.2007.00267.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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