Informal markets: Street vendors in Mexico City

Habitat International

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 363-372

  Peña, Sergio ^a  

^a FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Informal sector; Markets; Mexico; Social capital; Street vending

Indexed keywords

INFORMAL SECTOR; ORGANIZATIONAL FRAMEWORK; URBAN ECONOMY;

MEXICO; MEXICO CITY;

EID: 0344171933     PISSN: 01973975     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0197-3975(99)00012-0     Document Type: Article

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