Marketing, cooperatives and price heterogeneity: Evidence from the CIS dairy sector

Agricultural Economics

Volumn 43, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 165-177

  Sauer, Johannes ^a,b   Gorton, Matthew ^c   White, John ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KIEL   (Germany)

^c NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY BUSINESS SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF PLYMOUTH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Armenia; Cooperatives; Milk; Moldova; Price heterogeneity; Ukraine

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL ECONOMICS; AGRICULTURAL MARKET; BOOTSTRAPPING; COOPERATIVE SECTOR; HETEROGENEITY; MARKETING; MILK; PRICE DETERMINATION; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

ARMENIA; MOLDOVA; UKRAINE;

EID: 84857038642     PISSN: 01695150     EISSN: 15740862     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1574-0862.2011.00574.x     Document Type: Article

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