Explaining plant exit in the U.S. meat and poultry industries

Journal of Agricultural and Food Industrial Organization

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 2003, Pages

  Muth, Mary K ^a,c   Wohlgenant, Michael K ^b   Karns, Shawn A ^a,c   Anderson, Donald W ^a,c  

^a RTI INTERNATIONAL   (United States)

^b NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c RTI   (United States)

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EID: 1842623828     PISSN: 15420485     EISSN: 15420485     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2202/1542-0485.1022     Document Type: Article

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