Uncertainties of Estimating the Welfare Effects of Agricultural Biotechnology in the European Union
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EUWAB-Project (European Union Welfare effects of Agricultural Biotechnology), Project VIB/TA-OP/98-07: “Microand Macro-economic Analysis of the Economic Benefits and Costs of Biotechnology Applications in EU Agriculture Calculation of the Effects on Producers, Consumers and Governments and Development of a Simulation Model”. This paper (pdf) can be downloaded following the link: http://www.agr.kuleuven.ac.be/aee/clo/wp/demont2001c.pdf
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