Risk Aversion and Credit Constraints in Farmers' Decision-Making: A Reinterpretation

The Journal of Development Studies

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 1983, Pages 5-21

  Binswanger, Hans P ^a   Sillers, Donald A ^a  

^a U S DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE   (United States)

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EID: 0021028744     PISSN: 00220388     EISSN: 17439140     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00220388308421885     Document Type: Article

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