Can non-point phosphorus emissions from agriculture be regulated efficiently using input-output taxes?

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Can non-point phosphorus emissions from agriculture be regulated efficiently using input-output taxes? / Hansen, Line Bloch; Hansen, Lars Gårn.

Frederiksberg : Institute of Food and Resource Economics, University of Copenhagen, 2012. p. 1-52.

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Hansen, LB & Hansen, LG 2012 'Can non-point phosphorus emissions from agriculture be regulated efficiently using input-output taxes?' Institute of Food and Resource Economics, University of Copenhagen, Frederiksberg, pp. 1-52. <http://econpapers.repec.org/RePEc:foi:wpaper:2012_4>

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Hansen, L. B., & Hansen, L. G. (2012). Can non-point phosphorus emissions from agriculture be regulated efficiently using input-output taxes? (pp. 1-52). Institute of Food and Resource Economics, University of Copenhagen. FOI Working Paper No. 2012/4 http://econpapers.repec.org/RePEc:foi:wpaper:2012_4

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Hansen LB, Hansen LG. Can non-point phosphorus emissions from agriculture be regulated efficiently using input-output taxes? Frederiksberg: Institute of Food and Resource Economics, University of Copenhagen. 2012, p. 1-52.

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Hansen, Line Bloch ; Hansen, Lars Gårn. / Can non-point phosphorus emissions from agriculture be regulated efficiently using input-output taxes?. Frederiksberg : Institute of Food and Resource Economics, University of Copenhagen, 2012. pp. 1-52 (FOI Working Paper; No. 2012/4).

Bibtex

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