The effect of farmer market power on the degree of farm retail price transmission: A simulation model with an application to the dutch ware potato supply Chain

Agribusiness

Volumn 30, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 424-437

  Assefa, Tsion Taye ^a   Kuiper, W Erno ^a   Meuwissen, Miranda P M ^a  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

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EID: 84925937402     PISSN: 07424477     EISSN: 15206297     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/agr.21371     Document Type: Article

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