Presidential Address: The Visible or Invisible Hand? The Balance Between Markets and Regulation in Agricultural Policy

Journal of Agricultural Economics

Volumn 61, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 459-479

  Blandford, David ^a  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Agriculture; Collective action; Decision making; Environmental policy; Natural resources

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL MARKET; AGRICULTURAL POLICY; COLLECTIVE ACTION; DECISION MAKING; ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY; FINANCIAL MARKET; REGULATORY APPROACH;

EID: 77955721289     PISSN: 0021857X     EISSN: 14779552     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1477-9552.2010.00261.x     Document Type: Article

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