Is participation in agri-environmental programs affected by liquidity and solvency?

Land Use Policy

Volumn 35, Issue , 2013, Pages 163-170

  Mishra, Ashok K ^a   Khanal, Aditya R ^a  

^a LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY AGRICULTURAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Agri environmental programs; Bivariate probit; Conservation Reserve Program (CRP); Environmental Quality Incentives Program (EQIP); Liquidity; Solvency

Indexed keywords

AGRI-ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY; CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; DECISION MAKING; ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY; LOCAL PARTICIPATION; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; SMALLHOLDER;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 84879341251     PISSN: 02648377     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.landusepol.2013.05.015     Document Type: Article

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