Impact assessment of agri-food policies in Europe: Methods, tools and applications

Journal of Policy Modeling

Volumn 33, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 1-6

  Sieber, Stefan ^a,b   Pérez Domínguez, Ignacio ^c  

^a LEIBNIZ CENTRE FOR AGRICULTURAL LANDSCAPE RESEARCH ZALF   (Germany)

^b JOINT RESEARCH CENTRE   (Italy)

^c WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

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EID: 79651475361     PISSN: 01618938     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpolmod.2010.10.002     Document Type: Editorial

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