Agricultural policy modelling under imperfect competition

Journal of Policy Modeling

Volumn 33, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 195-212

  Soregaroli, Claudio ^a   Sckokai, Paolo ^a   Moro, Daniele ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÀ CATTOLICA DEL SACRO CUORE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Common agricultural policy; D4; Dairy sector; Imperfect competition; L1; Policy evaluation; Q11; Q13; Q18

Indexed keywords

EID: 79953164466     PISSN: 01618938     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpolmod.2010.12.001     Document Type: Article

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