The effects of imperfect competition on the size and distribution of research benefits

American Journal of Agricultural Economics

Volumn 79, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 1252-1265

  Alston, Julian M ^a,b   Sexton, Richard J ^a,b   Zhang, Mingxia ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b Giannini Foundation of Agricultural Economics   (United States)

^c UC DARE

Author keywords

Imperfect competition; Oligopoly; Oligopsony; Research benefits

Indexed keywords

EID: 0001651092     PISSN: 00029092     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/1244282     Document Type: Article

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