A theory of petty trading: The Jamaican higgler

Economic Journal

Volumn 106, Issue 435, 1996, Pages 507-518

  Wong, David C ^a  

^a CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEVELOPING COUNTRY; ECONOMIC BEHAVIOUR; FOOD TRADE; HOME PRODUCTION; INFORMAL SECTOR; MARKETS; PETTY TRADERS; PETTY TRADING; TIME ALLOCATION; TRADERS;

JAMAICA;

EID: 0029770530     PISSN: 00130133     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/2235264     Document Type: Article

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