Does Market Structure Influence Price Transmission in the Agro-food Sector? A Meta-analysis Perspective

Journal of Agricultural Economics

Volumn 65, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 1-25

  Bakucs, Zoltán ^a   Falkowski, Jan ^b   Ferto, Imre ^b  

^a Institute of Data Analytics and Information Systems   (Hungary)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WARSAW   (Poland)

Author keywords

Agro food supply chain; Asymmetric price transmission; Meta analysis

Indexed keywords

FOOD MARKET; FOOD SUPPLY; MARKET CONDITIONS; META-ANALYSIS; PRICE DETERMINATION;

EID: 84892977505     PISSN: 0021857X     EISSN: 14779552     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1477-9552.12042     Document Type: Article

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