The effects of vertical organization on the pricing of differentiated products

Journal of Agricultural and Resource Economics

Volumn 36, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 448-464

  Shi, Guanming ^a   Chavas, Jean Paul ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

Biotechnology; Imperfect competition; Pricing; Seed; Soybean; Vertical structures

Indexed keywords

GLYCINE MAX;

EID: 84859597427     PISSN: 10685502     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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