Identifying additional barriers in the adoption of agri-environmental schemes: The role of fixed costs

Land Use Policy

Volumn 31, Issue , 2013, Pages 526-535

  Espinosa Goded, M ^a,c   Barreiro Hurle J ^a,d   Dupraz, P ^b  

^a JUNTA DE ANDALUCÍA   (Spain)

^b LERECO   (France)

^c JOINT RESEARCH CENTRE   (Italy)

^d FOOD AND AGRICULTURE ORGANIZATION OF THE UNITED NATIONS   (Italy)

Author keywords

Agri environmental schemes; Fixed costs; Land use; Qualitative and limited dependent variable model; Transaction costs

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL PRACTICE; CROPPING PRACTICE; ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY; ESTIMATION METHOD; EUROPEAN UNION; FARMING SYSTEM; LAND USE; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; TRANSACTION COST;

MEDICAGO SATIVA;

EID: 84871745806     PISSN: 02648377     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.landusepol.2012.08.016     Document Type: Article

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