Buyer collusion and efficiency of government intervention in wheat markets in northern India: An asymmetric structural auctions analysis

American Journal of Agricultural Economics

Volumn 86, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 236-253

  Banerji, A ^a   Meenakshi, J V ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DELHI   (India)

Author keywords

Buyer asymmetry; Collusion; Structural auctions; Wheat markets

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL MARKET; MARKET CONDITIONS; PRICE DETERMINATION; WHEAT;

ASIA; EURASIA; INDIA; SOUTH ASIA;

TRITICUM AESTIVUM;

EID: 1342289971     PISSN: 00029092     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0092-5853.2004.00575.x     Document Type: Article

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