Middlemen and agents in the procurement of paddy: Institutional arrangements from the rural Philippines

Journal of Asian Economics

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 307-331

  Fuentes, Gabriel A ^a  

^a LOYOLA MARYMOUNT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 0032087336     PISSN: 10490078     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1049-0078(99)80086-4     Document Type: Article

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