Determinants of purebred beef bull price differentials

Journal of Agricultural and Resource Economics

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 396-410

  Dhuyvetter, Kevin C ^a   Schroeder, Ted C ^a   Simms, Danny D ^a   Bolze Jr , Ronald P ^a   Geske, Jeremy ^a  

^a KANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bull marketing; Bull prices; Hedonic models

Indexed keywords

EID: 0012971739     PISSN: 10685502     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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