An analysis of bundle pricing: The case of biotech seeds

Agricultural Economics (United Kingdom)

Volumn 43, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2012, Pages 125-139

  Shi, Guanming ^a   Chavas, Jean Paul ^a   Stiegert, Kyle ^a   Meng, Xiangyi ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^b CENTRAL UNIVERSITY OF FINANCE AND ECONOMICS   (China)

Author keywords

Biotechnology; Bundling; Imperfect competition; Pricing; Seed

Indexed keywords

BIOTECHNOLOGY; DATA SET; EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; GENE; PRICE DYNAMICS; PRICING POLICY; SEED; STRATEGIC APPROACH;

ZEA MAYS;

EID: 84868526806     PISSN: 01695150     EISSN: 15740862     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1574-0862.2012.00627.x     Document Type: Article

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