Nonpecuniary benefits to farming: Implications for supply response to decoupled payments

American Journal of Agricultural Economics

Volumn 91, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 1-18

  Key, Nigel ^a   Roberts, Michael J ^a  

^a NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Decoupled payments; Government agricultural programs; Labor supply; Lump sum payments; Nonpecuniary benefits; Trade policy

Indexed keywords

ESTIMATION METHOD; FARMING SYSTEM; HOUSEHOLD SURVEY; LABOR SUPPLY; OFF-FARM EMPLOYMENT; TRADE POLICY;

EID: 58149523726     PISSN: 00029092     EISSN: 14678276     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-8276.2008.01180.x     Document Type: Article

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