Does market timing contribute to the cattle cycle?

American Journal of Agricultural Economics

Volumn 82, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 82-96

  Hamilton, Stephen F ^a   Kastens, Terry L ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

Biological lags; Cattle cycle; Exogenous shocks

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL PERFORMANCE; AGRICULTURAL PRICE; CATTLE; LIVESTOCK FARMING;

UNITED STATES;

BOS TAURUS;

EID: 0034072808     PISSN: 00029092     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/0002-9092.00008     Document Type: Article

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