The Effects of Pricing Canadian Livestock Emissions

Canadian Journal of Agricultural Economics

Volumn 66, Issue 2, 2018, Pages 305-329

  Slade, Peter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

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EID: 85034628981     PISSN: 00083976     EISSN: 17447976     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/cjag.12157     Document Type: Article

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