Local polynomial fitting and spatial price relationships: Price transmission in EU pork markets

European Review of Agricultural Economics

Volumn 33, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 415-436

  Serra, Teresa ^a   Gil, José M ^a   Goodwin, Barry K ^b  

^a Edifici ESAB   (Spain)

^b NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Non parametric methods; Pork markets; Price transmission

Indexed keywords

SUS SCROFA;

EID: 33748808417     PISSN: 01651587     EISSN: 14643618     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/erae/jbl013     Document Type: Article

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