Competitive analysis and market power of China's soybean import market

International Food and Agribusiness Management Review

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 21-42

  Song, Baohui ^a   Marchant, Mary A ^b   Reed, Michael R ^c   Xu, Shuang ^c  

^a CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

Author keywords

Chinese soybean import market; Competitive structure analysis; Market power; Two country partial equilibrium trade model

Indexed keywords

GLYCINE MAX;

EID: 77957778024     PISSN: 15592448     EISSN: 15592448     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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