Measuring market power for food retail activities: French evidence

Journal of Agricultural Economics

Volumn 51, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 181-195

  Gohin, Alexandre ^a   Guyomard, Hervé ^a  

^a CEMAGREF   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGROINDUSTRY; FOOD CONSUMPTION; METHODOLOGY; RETAILING;

FRANCE;

EID: 0034118457     PISSN: 0021857X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1477-9552.2000.tb01222.x     Document Type: Article

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