Does bulog stabilise rice prices in Indonesia? Should it try?

Bulletin of Indonesian Economic Studies

Volumn 32, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 45-74

  Timmer, C Peter ^a  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FOOD PRICING POLICY; PRICE STABILISATION; RICE PRICES;

INDONESIA;

EID: 0030450942     PISSN: 00074918     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00074919612331336938     Document Type: Article

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