Spatial competition, uniform pricing, and transportation efficiency in the california processing tomato industry

American Journal of Agricultural Economics

Volumn 78, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 115-125

  Durham, Catherine A ^a   Sexton, Richard J ^b,c   Song, Joo Ho ^d  

^a Purdue University ^*

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c Giannini Found of Agric Economics ^*

^d Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry Korea   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LYCOPERSICON ESCULENTUM;

INDUSTRIAL LOCATION; MODELLING APPROACH; PRICING POLICY; PRODUCT ALLOCATION; SPATIAL PRICING; TOMATO PROCESSING;

USA, CALIFORNIA;

EID: 0030446162     PISSN: 00029092     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/1243783     Document Type: Article

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