Econometric analysis of noncompliance with organic farming standards in Switzerland

Agricultural Economics (United Kingdom)

Volumn 45, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 313-325

  Lippert, Christian ^a   Zorn, Alexander ^a   Dabbert, Stephan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HOHENHEIM   (Germany)

Author keywords

Economics of crime; Effective control system; Noncompliance; Organic farming; Random effects logit model

Indexed keywords

EID: 84898603386     PISSN: 01695150     EISSN: 15740862     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/agec.12067     Document Type: Article

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