A note on soil depth, failing markets and agricultural pricing

Journal of Development Economics

Volumn 58, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 245-254

  Bulte, Erwin ^a,b   Van Soest, Daan ^b,c  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b TILBURG UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Agriculture; Imperfect labor markets; Soil conservation

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL PRICE; LABOR MARKET; SOIL CONSERVATION; STRUCTURAL ADJUSTMENT;

EID: 0033506557     PISSN: 03043878     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-3878(98)00111-4     Document Type: Article

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