Information and the operation of markets: Tests based on a general equilibrium model of land leasing in India

Journal of Development Economics

Volumn 60, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 497-527

  Lanjouw, J O ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Agricultural household models; General equilibrium; Information; Land markets; Sharecropping

Indexed keywords

GENERAL EQUILIBRIUM ANALYSIS; LAND MARKET; MARKET SYSTEM; RURAL ECONOMY;

INDIA;

EID: 0033452492     PISSN: 03043878     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-3878(99)00050-4     Document Type: Article

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