Exit from the meatpacking industry: A microdata analysis

American Journal of Agricultural Economics

Volumn 80, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 96-106

  Anderson, Donald W ^a   Murray, Brian C ^a   Teague, Jackqueline L ^a   Lindrooth, Richard C ^b  

^a RTI INTERNATIONAL   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Exit; Meatpacking; Oligopsony; Regulation; Welfare

Indexed keywords

BOS TAURUS;

EID: 0005534095     PISSN: 00029092     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/3180272     Document Type: Article

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