The price stabilization effects of the EU entry price scheme for fruit and vegetables

Agricultural Economics

Volumn 42, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 405-418

  Cioffi, Antonio ^a   Santeramo, Fabio Gaetano ^a   Vitale, Cosimo Damiano ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SALERNO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Entry price system; F13; Fruit and vegetables; Q17; Q18; Stabilization effects; TVAR

Indexed keywords

ECONOMETRICS; EUROPEAN UNION; FRUIT; PRICE DETERMINATION; VEGETABLE;

ARGENTINA; MOROCCO; TURKEY;

CITRUS LIMON; LYCOPERSICON ESCULENTUM;

EID: 79953326939     PISSN: 01695150     EISSN: 15740862     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1574-0862.2010.00526.x     Document Type: Article

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