Factors influencing private transaction costs related to agri-environmental schemes in europe

Multifunctional Rural Land Management Economics and Policies

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages 145-168

  Mettepenningen, Evy ^a   Van Huylenbroeck, Guido ^a  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

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EID: 84925751681     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.4324/9781849772020     Document Type: Chapter

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