Regulation and the financial performance of Canadian agribusinesses

Agricultural Finance Review

Volumn 71, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 201-217

  Schaufele, Brandon ^a   Sparling, David ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Agribusiness; Canada; Du Pont identity; Event study; Food regulation; Profit; Publicly traded; Stock returns

Indexed keywords

EID: 84946571267     PISSN: 00021466     EISSN: 20416326     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/00021461111152573     Document Type: Article

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