On the Economic Rationality of Market Participants: The Case of Expectations in the U.S. Pork Market

Journal of Agricultural and Resource Economics

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 19-37

  Chavas, Jean Paul ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

Business fluctuations; Market dynamics; Pork market; Price expectations

Indexed keywords

EID: 0033423038     PISSN: 10685502     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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