An analysis of the pricing of traits in the U.S. corn seed market

American Journal of Agricultural Economics

Volumn 92, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 1324-1338

  Shi, Guanming ^a   Chavas, Jean Paul ^a   Stiegert, Kyle ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN   (United States)

Author keywords

biotechnology; component pricing; imperfect competition; seed

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL MARKET; AGRICULTURAL PRICE; CROP PLANT; ECONOMETRICS; SEED;

UNITED STATES;

ZEA MAYS;

EID: 78650623639     PISSN: 00029092     EISSN: 14678276     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ajae/aaq063     Document Type: Article

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