Urban bias in price risk: The geography of food price distributions in low-income economies

Journal of Development Studies

Volumn 32, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 830-849

  Barrett, Christopher B ^a  

^a UTAH STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FOOD PRICE; FOOD PRICES; GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION; GRAIN STORAGE; PRICE DISTRIBUTION; PRICE RISK; RURAL ECONOMY; URBAN BIAS; WELFARE IMPACT;

MADAGASCAR;

EID: 0030430722     PISSN: 00220388     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00220389608422442     Document Type: Article

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