Provision of farm animal welfare: Integrating productivity and non-use values

Applied Economic Perspectives and Policy

Volumn 33, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 484-509

  Lagerkvist, Carl Johan ^a   Hansson, Helena ^a   Hess, Sebastian ^a   Hoffman, Ruben ^a  

^a SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Decision making; Farm animal welfare; Farmers; Non use values; Use values

Indexed keywords

EID: 82955189725     PISSN: 20405790     EISSN: 20405804     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/aepp/ppr037     Document Type: Article

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