On the efficiency of markets for agricultural products: Rice prices and capital markets in Java, 1823-1853

Journal of Economic History

Volumn 64, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 1028-1055

  van Zanden, Jan Luiten ^a,b  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTE OF SOCIAL HISTORY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL MARKET; CAPITAL MARKET; EFFICIENCY MEASUREMENT; FOOD MARKET; NINETEENTH CENTURY; RICE;

ASIA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; GREATER SUNDA ISLANDS; JAVA; MALAY ARCHIPELAGO; SOUTHEAST ASIA; SUNDA ISLES; WORLD;

EID: 12944254272     PISSN: 00220507     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/s0022050704043074     Document Type: Article

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