Threshold effects and asymmetric price adjustments in U.S. dairy markets

Canadian Journal of Agricultural Economics

Volumn 57, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 269-286

  Awokuse, Titus O ^a   Wang, Xiaohong ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE   (United States)

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EID: 65549136317     PISSN: 00083976     EISSN: 17447976     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1744-7976.2009.01151.x     Document Type: Article

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