One Man's Meat. 2050? Ruminations on Future Meat Demand in the Context of Global Warming

Journal of Agricultural Economics

Volumn 66, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 573-614

  Revell, Brian J ^a  

^a HARPER ADAMS UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Climate change; Elasticities; Emissions intensities; Meat demand; Taxation

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL EMISSION; CLIMATE CHANGE; DEMAND ANALYSIS; EMISSION CONTROL; GLOBAL WARMING; GREENHOUSE GAS; LIVESTOCK FARMING; MEAT; POLLUTION TAX;

OVIS; SUIDAE;

EID: 84939470831     PISSN: 0021857X     EISSN: 14779552     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1477-9552.12121     Document Type: Article

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