Regulating broiler contracts: Tournaments versus fixed performance standards

American Journal of Agricultural Economics

Volumn 83, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 1062-1073

  Tsoulouhas, Theofanis ^a   Vukina, Tomislav ^a  

^a NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Contracts; Moral hazard; Multiple agents; Regulations; Tournaments

Indexed keywords

FOOD INDUSTRY; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; REGULATORY APPROACH; STANDARD;

EID: 0035662722     PISSN: 00029092     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/0002-9092.00230     Document Type: Article

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