Nonlinear pricing schemes for agricultural cooperatives

American Journal of Agricultural Economics

Volumn 78, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 572-584

  Vercammen, James ^a   Fulton, Murray ^b   Hyde, Charles ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Agricultural cooperatives; Asymmetric information; Membership fees; Nonlinear pricing

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL COOPERATIVE; NONLINEAR APPROACH; PRICING RULE;

EID: 0030409008     PISSN: 00029092     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/1243275     Document Type: Article

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