Product quality in the agri-food chain: Do cooperatives offer high-quality wine?

European Review of Agricultural Economics

Volumn 40, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 143-162

  Pennerstorfer, Dieter ^a   Weiss, Christoph R ^b  

^a AUSTRIAN INSTITUTE OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH WIFO   (Austria)

^b VIENNA UNIVERSITY OF ECONOMICS AND BUSINESS   (Austria)

Author keywords

Cooperatives; Product quality; Wine market

Indexed keywords

EID: 84871866709     PISSN: 01651587     EISSN: 14643618     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/erae/jbs008     Document Type: Review

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