E-commerce and the lessons from nineteenth century exchanges

American Journal of Agricultural Economics

Volumn 83, Issue 5, 2001, Pages 1250-1257

  Williams, Jeffrey ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL HISTORY; COMMODITY MARKET; E-COMMERCE; INTERNET;

UNITED STATES;

ELAGATIS; GOSSYPIUM HIRSUTUM; LYCOPERSICON ESCULENTUM; PRUNUS DULCIS;

EID: 0035690840     PISSN: 00029092     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/0002-9092.00275     Document Type: Article

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