Price and quantity endogeneity in demand analysis: Evidence from directed acyclic graphs

Agricultural Economics

Volumn 34, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 87-95

  Wang, Zijun ^a   Bessler, David A ^a  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Directed graphs; Endogeneity testing; Meat demand

Indexed keywords

PRICING POLICY; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS;

EID: 33644772522     PISSN: 01695150     EISSN: 15740862     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1574-0862.2006.00106.x     Document Type: Article

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