Components of the wholesale bid-ask spread and the structure of grain markets: The case of rice in India

Agricultural Economics

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 173-189

  Jha, Raghbendra ^a   Murthy, K V B ^b   Nagarajan, Hari K ^c   Seth, Ashok ^b  

^a INDIRA GANDHI INSTITUTE OF DEVELOPMENT RESEARCH   (India)

^b UNIVERSITY OF DELHI   (India)

^c INDIAN INSTITUTE OF MANAGEMENT BANGALORE   (India)

Author keywords

Components of wholesale bid ask spread; Maximum likelihood

Indexed keywords

FOOD MARKET; GRAIN CROP; MARKET CONDITIONS; RICE;

INDIA;

EID: 0032873372     PISSN: 01695150     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0169-5150(99)00016-X     Document Type: Article

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