Willingness to pay for pesticide reduction in the EU: Nothing but organic?

European Review of Agricultural Economics

Volumn 41, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 87-109

  Bazoche, Pascale ^a   Combris, Pierre ^a   Giraud Héraud, Eric ^a,b   Seabra Pinto, Alexandra ^c   Bunte, Frank ^d   Tsakiridou, Efthimia ^e  

^a INRA ALISS   (France)

^b ECOLE POLYTECHNIQUE   (France)

^c National Institute for Agrarian and Veterinarian Research   (Portugal)

^d WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^e ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

Author keywords

experimental auctions; integrated pest management; organic production; pesticide use reduction; willingness to pay

Indexed keywords

INTEGRATED PEST MANAGEMENT; PESTICIDE; WILLINGNESS TO PAY;

EID: 84888169680     PISSN: 01651587     EISSN: 14643618     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/erae/jbt011     Document Type: Article

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