Risk Sharing and Information in Village Economies

Review of Economic Studies

Volumn 65, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 847-864

  Ligon, Ethan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

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EID: 0037600455     PISSN: 00346527     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1467-937X.00071     Document Type: Article

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