Pleasures of cockaigne: Quality gaps, market structure, and the amount of grading

American Journal of Agricultural Economics

Volumn 81, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 501-511

  Hollander, Abraham ^a   Monier Dilhan, Sylvette ^a   Ossard, Hervé ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

Adverse selection; Grading; Market structure; Quality; Testing

Indexed keywords

EID: 0000157497     PISSN: 00029092     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/1244010     Document Type: Article

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