Price skewness and the marketing of finished cattle

Agribusiness

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 471-484

  Jack, C ^a   McErlean, S A ^a   Anderson, D ^a   McCallion, T ^a  

^a QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 0013050257     PISSN: 07424477     EISSN: 15206297     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/1520-6297(200023)16:4<471::AID-AGR6>3.0.CO;2-K     Document Type: Article

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