Valuing varieties with imperfect output quality measurement

American Journal of Agricultural Economics

Volumn 85, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 95-107

  Lambert, David K ^a   Wilson, William W ^a  

^a NORTH DAKOTA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Agricultural markets; Distance functions; Product quality; Wheat

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL MARKET; AGRICULTURAL PRICE; AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION; HEDONIC ANALYSIS; WHEAT;

CITRUS LIMON; TRITICUM AESTIVUM;

EID: 0037327572     PISSN: 00029092     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1467-8276.00105     Document Type: Article

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