Production risk in multi-output industries: Estimates from Norwegian dairy farms

Applied Economics

Volumn 43, Issue 28, 2011, Pages 4403-4414

  Tveteras, Ragnar ^a,b   Flaten, Ola ^b   Lien, Gudbrand ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF STAVANGER   (Norway)

^b NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE OF BIOECONOMY RESEARCH   (Norway)

^c INLAND NORWAY UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL TECHNOLOGY; DAIRY FARMING; INDUSTRIAL PRODUCTION; INPUT-OUTPUT ANALYSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT;

NORWAY;

EID: 84860389814     PISSN: 00036846     EISSN: 14664283     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00036846.2010.491461     Document Type: Article

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