Price discrimination in the context of vertical differentiation: An application to Canadian Wheat exports

American Journal of Agricultural Economics

Volumn 87, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 835-854

  Lavoie, Nathalie ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

Author keywords

Canadian Wheat Board; Marketing Board; Price discrimination; Product differentiation; Quality; State trading enterprise; Trade; Wheat

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL TRADE; EXPORT; PRICE DYNAMICS;

CANADA; NORTH AMERICA;

TRITICUM AESTIVUM;

EID: 29144511234     PISSN: 00029092     EISSN: 14678276     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-8276.2005.00773.x     Document Type: Article

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