State Trading versus Export Subsidies: The Case of Canadian Wheat

Journal of Agricultural and Resource Economics

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 51-67

  Alston, Julian M ^a,b   Gray, Richard ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b Giannini Found of Agric Economics ^*  (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

Author keywords

Canadian wheat board; Export subsidies; Imperfect competition; State traders; Transfer efficiency

Indexed keywords

EID: 0034385516     PISSN: 10685502     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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