Price stabilization and the risk-averse firm

American Journal of Agricultural Economics

Volumn 85, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 336-347

  Chambers, Robert G ^a   Quiggin, John ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Duality; Price stabilization; Risk aversion; State contingent technology

Indexed keywords

PRICE DYNAMICS; PRODUCTION SYSTEM; WELFARE IMPACT;

EID: 0038693733     PISSN: 00029092     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1467-8276.00123     Document Type: Article

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