Policy impact analysis in competitive agricultural markets: A real options approach

European Review of Agricultural Economics

Volumn 40, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 633-658

  Feil, Jan Henning ^a   Musshoff, Oliver ^a   Balmann, Alfons ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

^b LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE OF AGRICULTURAL DEVELOPMENT IN TRANSITION ECONOMIES IAMO   (Germany)

Author keywords

competition; genetic algorithms; policy impact analysis; real options

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL ECONOMICS; AGRICULTURAL MARKET; COMPETITION (ECONOMICS); ECONOMIC CONDITIONS; INVESTMENT; SUBSIDY SYSTEM;

EID: 84881520527     PISSN: 01651587     EISSN: 14643618     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/erae/jbs033     Document Type: Article

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