Unconventional adjustment strategies for rural households in the less developed areas in Greece

Agricultural Economics

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 61-72

  Damianos, Dimitrios ^a   Skuras, Dimitrios ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PATRAS   (Greece)

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EID: 0030250410     PISSN: 01695150     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0169-5150(96)01196-6     Document Type: Article

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