Cross-Commodity Perspective on Contracting: Evidenc e from Mississippi
related to contracting such as what are the costs and benefits of contracting and vertical
integration. To accomplish this, we will need to establish the value that producers place
on different attributes of contracts, such as the degree of risk shifted, the value of asset
specificity, the value of autonomy in decision-mak ing. This will be the subject of future
research in this area.
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