Hedging price risks of farmers by commodity boards: A simulation applied to the Indian natural rubber market

World Development

Volumn 29, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 691-710

  Zant, Wouter ^a  

^a VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Asia; Commodities; India; Risk

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL ECONOMICS; AGROINDUSTRY; COMMODITY MARKET; COMMODITY PRICE; RUBBER;

INDIA;

EID: 0035027858     PISSN: 0305750X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0305-750X(01)00003-1     Document Type: Article

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