Wholesale-retail marketing margin behavior in the beef and pork industries

Journal of Agricultural and Resource Economics

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 45-64

  Marsh, John M ^a   Brester, Gary W ^a  

^a MONTANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Livestock prices; Retail concentration; Retail costs; Wholesale retail marketing margins

Indexed keywords

EID: 2942591954     PISSN: 10685502     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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