Agri-environmental contracting of Dutch dairy farms: The role of manure policies and the occurrence of lock-in

European Review of Agricultural Economics

Volumn 35, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 167-191

  Peerlings, Jack ^a   Polman, Nico ^a  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Agri environmental contracts; Farm decisions; Grassland quality; Switching cost

Indexed keywords

EID: 54949095417     PISSN: 01651587     EISSN: 14643618     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/erae/jbn022     Document Type: Article

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