Organic certification, export market access and the impacts of policy: Bayesian estimation of avocado smallholder "times-to-organic certification" in Michoacán Mexico

Agricultural Economics (United Kingdom)

Volumn 43, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 441-457

  Hattam, Caroline E ^a   Lacombe, Donald J ^b   Holloway, Garth J ^c  

^a PLYMOUTH MARINE LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

^b WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Adoption; Avocados; Duration; Michoac n Mexico; Model selection; Robust posterior prediction; Specification search; Time to organic certification

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL MARKET; AGRICULTURAL POLICY; BAYESIAN ANALYSIS; CERTIFICATION; DECISION MAKING; LITERATURE REVIEW; MARKET SYSTEM; PREDICTION; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SMALLHOLDER;

MEXICO [NORTH AMERICA]; MICHOACAN;

PERSEA AMERICANA;

EID: 84863546116     PISSN: 01695150     EISSN: 15740862     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1574-0862.2012.00595.x     Document Type: Article

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