Impact of a gradual increase in milk quotas on the EU dairy sector

European Review of Agricultural Economics

Volumn 35, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 461-491

  Bouamra Mechemache, Zohra ^a   Jongeneel, Roel ^b   Réquillart, Vincent ^a  

^a TOULOUSE SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (France)

^b WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

'soft landing'; Dairy policy; Milk quota abolition; Partial equilibrium model; Quota rent

Indexed keywords

EID: 60049087122     PISSN: 01651587     EISSN: 14643618     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/erae/jbn044     Document Type: Review

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