On the co-existence of spot and contract markets: The delivery requirement as contract externality

European Review of Agricultural Economics

Volumn 34, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 257-282

  Hendrikse, George W J ^a  

^a ERASMUS UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Co existence; Contract externality; Delivery requirement; Spot market

Indexed keywords

EID: 34548083448     PISSN: 01651587     EISSN: 14643618     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/erae/jbm019     Document Type: Article

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