Structural adjustment and market imperfections: A stylized village economy-wide model with non-separable farm households

Environment and Development Economics

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 69-87

  Holden, Stein T ^a   Taylor, J Edward ^b   Hampton, Stephen ^b  

^a NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

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EID: 0012242349     PISSN: 1355770X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1355770X99000054     Document Type: Article

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