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Meatpacking Firm Mergers: Empirical Impacts in an Experimental Market for Fed Cattle

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  • Ward, Clement E.
  • Lee, Jong-In

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  • Ward, Clement E. & Lee, Jong-In, 1999. "Meatpacking Firm Mergers: Empirical Impacts in an Experimental Market for Fed Cattle," Consolidation in the meat sector, February 25-26, 1999, Washington, D.C. 303393, Regional Research Project NE-165 Private Strategies, Public Policies, and Food System Performance.
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    DOI: 10.22004/ag.econ.303393
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