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    Mary K. Hendrickson, Harvey S. James Jr. & William Heffernan

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Hendrickson, M.K., James, H.S., Heffernan, W. (2018). Vertical Integration and Concentration in US Agriculture. In: Thompson, P., Kaplan, D. (eds) Encyclopedia of Food and Agricultural Ethics. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-007-6167-4_216-2

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