The effects of EU agricultural policy changes on farmers' risk attitudes

European Review of Agricultural Economics

Volumn 36, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 53-77

  Koundouri, Phoebe ^a   Laukkanen, Marita ^b   Myyrä, Sami ^b   Nauges, Céline ^c  

^a ATHENS UNIVERSITY OF ECONOMICS AND BUSINESS   (Greece)

^b FINNISH FOREST RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^c TOULOUSE SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (France)

Author keywords

Common agricultural policy; Decoupled payments; Finland; Risk preferences

Indexed keywords

EID: 65349141984     PISSN: 01651587     EISSN: 14643618     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/erae/jbp003     Document Type: Article

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