Estimating the implicit prices of beef cattle attributes: A case from Alberta

Canadian Journal of Agricultural Economics

Volumn 50, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 135-149

  Walburger, Allan M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LETHBRIDGE   (Canada)

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EID: 0036664008     PISSN: 00083976     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1744-7976.2002.tb00424.x     Document Type: Article

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