Captive supplies, market conduct, and the open-market price

American Journal of Agricultural Economics

Volumn 80, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 76-83

  Azzam, Azzeddine ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

Author keywords

Captive supplies; Oligopsony; Vertical integration

Indexed keywords

EID: 0002443864     PISSN: 00029092     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/3180270     Document Type: Article

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