Explaining variations in the price of dairy quota: Flow returns, liquidity, quota characteristics, and policy risk

Journal of Agricultural and Resource Economics

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 1-16

  Wilson, Norbert L W ^a   Sumner, Daniel A ^b,c,d  

^a AUBURN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d Giannini Foundation   (United States)

Author keywords

Adaptive expectations; Capitalization of policy; Dairy policy; Policy risk; Quota

Indexed keywords

EID: 2942625422     PISSN: 10685502     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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