Financial market efficiency in an agrarian economy: Microeconometric analysis of the Pakistani Punjab

Journal of Development Studies

Volumn 32, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 771-798

  Sial, Maqbool H ^a   Carter, Michael R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL CREDIT; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; FINANCIAL MARKET; MARKET EFFICIENCY; MICROECONOMETRIC ANALYSIS; RURAL FINANCE; SHADOW PRICES;

PAKISTAN, PUNJAB;

EID: 0030458644     PISSN: 00220388     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00220389608422439     Document Type: Article

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