On price risk and the inverse farm size-productivity relationship

Journal of Development Economics

Volumn 51, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 193-215

  Barrett, Christopher B ^a  

^a UTAH STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Agricultural household models; D13; Inverse relationship; Madagascar; O13; Price risk; Q12

Indexed keywords

EID: 0000704183     PISSN: 03043878     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-3878(96)00412-9     Document Type: Article

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