Evaluating the effects of farm programmes: Results from propensity score matching

European Review of Agricultural Economics

Volumn 36, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 79-101

  Pufahl, Andrea ^a   Weiss, Christoph R ^b  

^a THÜNEN INSTITUTE OF CLIMATE SMART AGRICULTURE   (Germany)

^b VIENNA UNIVERSITY OF ECONOMICS AND BUSINESS   (Austria)

Author keywords

Evaluation; Farm programmes; Propensity score matching

Indexed keywords

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EID: 65349090140     PISSN: 01651587     EISSN: 14643618     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/erae/jbp001     Document Type: Article

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