A model of price determination for fresh produce with application to California iceberg lettuce

American Journal of Agricultural Economics

Volumn 78, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 924-934

  Sexton, Richard J ^a   Zhang, Mingxia ^b  

^a Giannini Found of Agric Economics ^*

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Iceberg lettuce; Imperfect competition; Price determination; Switching regression

Indexed keywords

EID: 0343912442     PISSN: 00029092     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/1243849     Document Type: Article

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