Environmental Externalities, Comparative Advantage, and the Location of Production: An Application to the Canadian Dairy Industry

Canadian Journal of Agricultural Economics

Volumn 64, Issue 2, 2016, Pages 311-337

  Rajsic, Predrag ^a   Fox, Glenn ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

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EID: 84930710253     PISSN: 00083976     EISSN: 17447976     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/cjag.12076     Document Type: Article

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