Vertical integration in the pork industry

American Journal of Agricultural Economics

Volumn 88, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 234-248

  Reimer, Jeffrey J ^a  

^a OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Contracts; Economics of organization; Integration; Livestock; Property rights

Indexed keywords

ECONOMICS; PIG;

EID: 33644787107     PISSN: 00029092     EISSN: 14678276     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-8276.2006.00850.x     Document Type: Article

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