Industry dynamics under production constraints - The case of the EU dairy sector

Economic Modelling

Volumn 55, Issue , 2016, Pages 135-151

  Kersting, Stefan ^a   Hüttel, Silke ^b   Odening, Martin ^a  

^a HUMBOLDT UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ROSTOCK   (Germany)

Author keywords

Dairy sector; Dynamic stochastic equilibrium; Firm entry and exit; Industry dynamics; Production quota

Indexed keywords

EID: 84960884048     PISSN: 02649993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.econmod.2016.02.006     Document Type: Article

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