Food scares, market power and price transmission: The UK BSE crisis

European Review of Agricultural Economics

Volumn 33, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 119-147

  Lloyd, T A ^a   McCorriston, S ^b   Morgan, C W ^a   Rayner, A J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

BSE crisis; Market power; Price transmission

Indexed keywords

EID: 33745626745     PISSN: 01651587     EISSN: 14643618     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/erae/jbl001     Document Type: Article

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