Does regulation of manure land application work against agglomeration economies? Theory and evidence from the French hog sector

American Journal of Agricultural Economics

Volumn 94, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 116-132

  Gaigné, Carl ^a,b   Le Gallo, Julie ^c   Larue, Solne ^d   Schmitt, Bertrand ^e  

^a LERECO   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE FRANCHE COMTÉ   (France)

^d STATEC   (Luxembourg)

^e Centre d'Economie et Sociologie Appliquees a l'Agriculture et aux Espaces Ruraux   (France)

Author keywords

Agglomeration economies; Hog production; Land availability; Manure application regulation; Spatial econometrics

Indexed keywords

AGGLOMERATION; AGRICULTURAL ECONOMICS; ECONOMETRICS; LIVESTOCK FARMING; MANURE; REGULATORY FRAMEWORK;

SUIDAE;

EID: 84855581125     PISSN: 00029092     EISSN: 14678276     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ajae/aar121     Document Type: Article

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