The potential role for a nitrogen compliance policy in mitigating gulf hypoxia

Applied Economic Perspectives and Policy

Volumn 39, Issue 3, 2017, Pages 458-478

  Ribaudo, Marc ^a   Key, Nigel ^a   Sneeringer, Stacy ^a  

^a ECONOMIC RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

Compliance; Farm programs; Hypoxia; Nitrogen

Indexed keywords

EID: 85029747551     PISSN: 20405790     EISSN: 20405804     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/aepp/ppw029     Document Type: Article

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