Do transaction costs and Risk preferences influence marketing arrangements in the Illinois hog industry?

Journal of Agricultural and Resource Economics

Volumn 34, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 297-315

  Franken, Jason R V ^a   Pennings, Joost M E ^b   Garcia, Philip ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

^b MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

Asset specificity; Contracts; Hogs; Risk attitude; Risk behavior; Risk perception; Transaction costs economics

Indexed keywords

SUIDAE;

EID: 70349849515     PISSN: 10685502     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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