Confounded by the field: Bidding in food auctions when field prices are increasing

Agricultural and Resource Economics Review

Volumn 39, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 275-287

  Bernard, John C ^a   He, Na ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE   (United States)

Author keywords

Auction experiments; Bidding; Field prices; Organic

Indexed keywords

EID: 84859942998     PISSN: 10682805     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1068280500007292     Document Type: Conference Paper

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