Price incentives, non-price factors and agricultural production in sub-Saharan Africa: A cointegration analysis

African Development Review

Volumn 15, Issue 2-3, 2003, Pages 425-438

  Thiele, Rainer ^a  

^a KIEL INSTITUTE FOR THE WORLD ECONOMY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION; COINTEGRATION ANALYSIS; FARMERS ATTITUDE; INCENTIVE; PRICING POLICY;

AFRICA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA;

EID: 29144450192     PISSN: 10176772     EISSN: 14678268     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-8268.2003.00079.x     Document Type: Article

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