The role of farmers' risk aversion for contract choice in the US hog industry

Journal of Agricultural and Food Industrial Organization

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2008, Pages

  Zheng, Xiaoyong ^a   Vukina, Tomislav ^a   Shin, Changmock ^b  

^a NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Samsung Economic Research Institute

Author keywords

Alternative marketing arrangements; Hog industry; Risk aversion; Spot markets

Indexed keywords

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EID: 46749127880     PISSN: None     EISSN: 15420485     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2202/1542-0485.1220     Document Type: Article

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