The effect of agricultural policy reforms on income inequality in Swiss agriculture - An analysis for valley, hill and mountain regions

Journal of Policy Modeling

Volumn 35, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 638-651

  El Benni, Nadja ^a   Finger, Robert ^b  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Agricultural policy reforms; Direct payments; Gini decomposition; Regional income inequality

Indexed keywords

EID: 84878937509     PISSN: 01618938     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpolmod.2012.03.005     Document Type: Article

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