The cooperative yardstick revisited: Panel evidence from the European dairy sectors

Journal of Agricultural and Food Industrial Organization

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 151-152

  Rommel, Jens ^a   Hanisch, Markus ^b   Müller, Malte ^a  

^a HUMBOLDT UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE OF AGRICULTURAL DEVELOPMENT IN TRANSITION ECONOMIES IAMO   (Germany)

Author keywords

Common agricultural policy; Competition; Cooperative yardstick; Dairy farming; Eu 27

Indexed keywords

EID: 84904611397     PISSN: None     EISSN: 15420485     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/jafio-2013-0015     Document Type: Article

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