The common agricultural policy and the determinants of changes in EU farm size

Land Use Policy

Volumn 31, Issue , 2013, Pages 126-135

  Bartolini, Fabio ^a   Viaggi, Davide ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

Author keywords

CAP effects; Farm size changes; Multinomial logit; Stated intentions

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL POLICY; AGRICULTURAL WORKER; EUROPEAN UNION; FARM SIZE; FARMING SYSTEM; MODELING; STRUCTURAL CHANGE;

EID: 84871933138     PISSN: 02648377     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.landusepol.2011.10.007     Document Type: Article

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