Designing a voluntary beef checkoff

Journal of Agricultural and Resource Economics

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 74-92

  Norwood, F Bailey ^a   Winn, Chris ^a   Chung, Chanjin ^a   Ward, Clement E ^a  

^a OKLAHOMA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Beef marketing; Checkoff; Free rider; Provision point mechanism; Public good

Indexed keywords

BOS TAURUS;

EID: 33646581726     PISSN: 10685502     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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