Political economy of regulation of broiler contracts

American Journal of Agricultural Economics

Volumn 88, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 1258-1265

  Vukina, Tomislav ^a   Leegomonchai, Porametr ^b  

^a NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Manoyontchai Co Ltd   (Thailand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL ECONOMICS; AGRICULTURAL MARKET; AGRICULTURAL POLICY; CONTRACT FARMING; POLITICAL ECONOMY; REGULATORY FRAMEWORK;

EID: 33751206488     PISSN: 00029092     EISSN: 14678276     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-8276.2006.00942.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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