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Book Title: Agricultural Marketing: Structural Models For Price Analysis
Number of Pages: 240 Pages
Publication Name: Agricultural Marketing : Structural Models for Price Analysis
Language: English
Publisher: Routledge
Publication Year: 2011
Item Height: 0.7 in
Subject: Marketing / General, Industries / Agribusiness, General, Economics / General
Type: Textbook
Item Weight: 16 Oz
Author: James Vercammen
Subject Area: Business & Economics
Item Length: 9.3 in
Series: Routledge Textbooks in Environmental and Agricultural Economics Ser.
Item Width: 6.4 in
Format: Hardcover
