The microeconomics of food security

Australian Journal of Agricultural and Resource Economics

Volumn 44, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 1-29

  Chavas, Jean Paul ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ECONOMIC ANALYSIS; FOOD SECURITY; MODELING;

EID: 0034109322     PISSN: 1364985X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1467-8489.00097     Document Type: Article

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