Meat-packer conduct in fed cattle pricing: Multiple-market oligopsony power

Journal of Agricultural and Resource Economics

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 87-103

  Koontz, Stephen R ^a   Garcia, Philip ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

Meat packer multiple market conduct; Noncooperative game theory; Oligopsony power

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EID: 0031312993     PISSN: 10685502     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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