The spatial integration of livestock markets in Niger

Journal of African Economies

Volumn 5, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 366-405

  Fafchamps, Marcel ^a   Gavian, Sarah ^b  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b International Livestock Centre for Africa   (Ethiopia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL PRICES; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; LIVESTOCK MARKET; MARKET INTEGRATION; REGIONAL SEGMENTATION; SPATIAL PATTERN; SPATIAL VARIATION;

NIGER;

EID: 0030404654     PISSN: 09638024     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.jae.a020912     Document Type: Article

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