Modeling differentiated quality standards in the agri-food sector: The case of meat trade in the enlarged EU

Agricultural Economics

Volumn 37, Issue 2-3, 2007, Pages 305-315

  Rau, Marie Luise ^a   Van Tongeren, Frank ^b  

^a HUMBOLDT UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b OECD   (France)

Author keywords

Food quality standards; Market structure; Meat sector; Oligopoly; Poland; Trade

Indexed keywords

EUROPEAN UNION; EXPORT; FOOD QUALITY; MARKET SYSTEM; MODELING; OLIGOPOLY; POLICY ANALYSIS; TRADE;

CENTRAL EUROPE; EURASIA; EUROPE; POLAND;

EID: 36849076197     PISSN: 01695150     EISSN: 15740862     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1574-0862.2007.00276.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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