The competitive implications of top-of-the-market and related contract-pricing clauses

American Journal of Agricultural Economics

Volumn 86, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 124-138

  Xia, Tian ^a   Sexton, Richard J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Captive supply; Cattle; Contract; Oligopsony; Top of the market; Vertical coordination

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL MARKET; AGRICULTURAL PRICE; CATTLE; MARKET CONDITIONS; PRICING POLICY;

BOS TAURUS;

EID: 1342309969     PISSN: 00029092     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0092-5853.2004.00567.x     Document Type: Article

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