Incentive systems for food quality control with repeated deliveries: Salmonella control in pork production

European Review of Agricultural Economics

Volumn 34, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 81-104

  King, Robert P ^a   Backus, Gé B C ^b,c   Van Der Gaag, Monique A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^b WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c Wageningen University ^*  (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Dynamic programming; Food quality; Principal agent

Indexed keywords

SALMONELLA; SUIDAE;

EID: 34047132649     PISSN: 01651587     EISSN: 14643618     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/erae/jbl030     Document Type: Article

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