Sociological factors affecting agricultural price risk management in Australia

Rural Sociology

Volumn 74, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 546-572

  Jackson, Elizabeth ^a   Quaddus, Mohammed ^b   Islam, Nazrul ^c   Stanton, John ^c  

^a NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c Department of Agriculture and Food ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPLEXITY; DECISION MAKING; STRATEGIC APPROACH; WOOL;

AUSTRALIA;

EID: 73049093136     PISSN: 00360112     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1526/003601109789863982     Document Type: Article

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