Typology of causes of poverty: The perception of Iranian farmers

Journal of Economic Psychology

Volumn 26, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 884-901

  Hayati, Dariush ^a   Karami, Ezatollah ^a  

^a SHIRAZ UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

Author keywords

Causal attribution; Iran; Rural farmers; Rural poverty; Typology

Indexed keywords

EID: 27844606332     PISSN: 01674870     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.joep.2005.05.002     Document Type: Article

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