Agricultural futures markets in LDCs: A policy response to price volatility?

Journal of International Development

Volumn 11, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 893-910

  Morgan, C W ^a   Rayner, A J ^a   Vaillant, C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL POLICY; FOOD MARKET; PRICE DYNAMICS;

EID: 0032755697     PISSN: 09541748     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1099-1328(199909/10)11:6<893::AID-JID634>3.0.CO;2-P     Document Type: Article

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