Greenhouse gas emissions and efficiency in French sheep meat farming: A nonparametric framework of pollutionadjusted technologies

European Review of Agricultural Economics

Volumn 44, Issue 1, 2017, Pages 33-65

  Dakpo, K Hervé ^a,b,c   Jeanneaux, Philippe ^d   Latruffe, Laure ^a  

^a CEMAGREF   (France)

^b UMR1213 HERBIVORES   (France)

^c UMR Territoires   (France)

^d VETAGRO SUP   (France)

Author keywords

by production approach; French sheep meat farming; greenhouse gas emissions; non parametric models; shadow prices

Indexed keywords

CARBON DIOXIDE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; EMISSION; ENVIRONMENTAL ECONOMICS; ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY; ENVIRONMENTAL TECHNOLOGY; GREENHOUSE GAS; INNOVATION; INVESTMENT INCENTIVE; MEAT; POLICY MAKING; PRICE DYNAMICS; SHEEP;

OVIS ARIES;

EID: 85015314824     PISSN: 01651587     EISSN: 14643618     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/erae/jbw013     Document Type: Article

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