Do alternative marketing arrangements increase pork packers' market power?

American Journal of Agricultural Economics

Volumn 91, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 250-263

  Zheng, Xiaoyong ^a   Vukina, Tomislav ^a  

^a NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Alternative marketing arrangements; Hogs; Market power

Indexed keywords

COMMODITY MARKET; COMMODITY PRICE; ECONOMETRICS; LIVESTOCK FARMING; MARKETING;

SUIDAE;

EID: 58149497346     PISSN: 00029092     EISSN: 14678276     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-8276.2008.01185.x     Document Type: Article

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