Asymmetric farm-retail price transmission and market power: A new test

Applied Economics

Volumn 43, Issue 30, 2011, Pages 4759-4768

  Acharya, Ram N ^a   Kinnucan, Henry W ^b   Caudill, Steven B ^c  

^a NEW MEXICO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b AUBURN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c RHODES COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL ECONOMICS; AGRICULTURAL MARKET; FRUIT; HARVESTING; NUMERICAL MODEL; PRICE DETERMINATION; PRICE DYNAMICS;

UNITED STATES;

FRAGARIA X ANANASSA;

EID: 80051758306     PISSN: 00036846     EISSN: 14664283     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00036846.2010.498355     Document Type: Article

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