Price transmission in the Spanish bovine sector: The BSE effect

Agricultural Economics

Volumn 41, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 33-42

  Hassouneh, Islam ^a   Serra, Teresa ^a   Gil, José M ^a  

^a Edifici ESAB   (Spain)

Author keywords

BSE crisis; Food scare; Price transmission; Regime switching

Indexed keywords

BOVINE SPONGIFORM ENCEPHALOPATHY; DATA ACQUISITION; ERROR CORRECTION; PRICE DETERMINATION;

BOVINAE;

EID: 74349086871     PISSN: 01695150     EISSN: 15740862     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1574-0862.2009.00423.x     Document Type: Article

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