Market news in commodity price theory: Application to the Ethiopian grain market

Review of Economic Studies

Volumn 71, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 133-164

  Osborne, Theresa ^a  

^a EUROPEAN UNIVERSITY INSTITUTE   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL TRADE; COMMODITY MARKET; FOOD STORAGE; INFORMATION; PRICE DYNAMICS;

AFRICA; EAST AFRICA; ETHIOPIA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA;

EID: 0842334031     PISSN: 00346527     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/0034-6527.00279     Document Type: Article

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