Commodity price stabilization in a peasant economy

American Journal of Agricultural Economics

Volumn 79, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 1208-1217

  Finkelshtain, Israel ^a   Chalfant, James A ^b,c  

^a HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c Giannini Foundation of Agricultural Economics   (United States)

Author keywords

Peasant households; Price stabilization; Risk and uncertainty

Indexed keywords

AGRARIAN SECTOR; COMMODITY PRICES; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; PEASANT HOUSEHOLD; PRICE STABILISATION; RURAL ECONOMY; WELFARE IMPACT;

EID: 0031421827     PISSN: 00029092     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/1244278     Document Type: Article

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