Heterogeneous firms and homogenising standards in agri-food trade: The Polish meat case

European Review of Agricultural Economics

Volumn 36, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 479-505

  Rau, Marie Luise ^a   Van Tongeren, Frank ^b  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b OECD   (France)

Author keywords

Food standards; Heterogeneous firm model; Trade

Indexed keywords

EID: 76949108197     PISSN: 01651587     EISSN: 14643618     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/erae/jbp032     Document Type: Article

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