Economic evaluation of aquaculture investments under conditions of risk and uncertainty in the Mediterranean Sea

American Journal of Applied Sciences

Volumn 11, Issue 9, 2014, Pages 1727-1734

  Sgroi, Filippo ^a   Tudisca, Salvatore ^a   Di Trapani, Anna Maria ^a   Testa, Riccardo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PALERMO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Competitiveness; European Sea Bass; Expected Incomes; Farms; Probability

Indexed keywords

EID: 84907506739     PISSN: 15469239     EISSN: 15543641     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3844/ajassp.2014.1727.1734     Document Type: Article

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