Potential effects of perfect seasonal climate forecasting on agricultural markets, welfare and land use: A case study of Spain

Agricultural Systems

Volumn 133, Issue , 2015, Pages 177-189

  Choi, Hyung Sik ^a,b   Schneider, Uwe A ^a   Rasche, Livia ^a   Cui, Junbo ^a   Schmid, Erwin ^c   Held, Hermann ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAMBURG   (Germany)

^b INTERNATIONAL MAX PLANCK RESEARCH SCHOOL ON EARTH SYSTEM MODELLING   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NATURAL RESOURCES AND LIFE SCIENCES   (Austria)

Author keywords

Adaptation; Agriculture; Land use; Seasonal climate forecasting; Value of information

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL MARKET; CLIMATE VARIATION; ECOLOGICAL ECONOMICS; ECONOMIC ANALYSIS; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; FORECASTING METHOD; LAND USE; VALUATION; WELFARE REFORM;

SPAIN;

EID: 84921044548     PISSN: 0308521X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.agsy.2014.10.007     Document Type: Article

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