Production Structure and Trends in the U.S. Meat and Poultry Products Industries

Journal of Agricultural and Resource Economics

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 281-298

  Morrison Paul, Catherine J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Cost structure; Market structure; Production structure; Scale economies; Technical change; Trade effects

Indexed keywords

EID: 0033460604     PISSN: 10685502     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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