On the costs of food price fluctuations in low-income countries

Food Policy

Volumn 31, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 288-301

  Myers, Robert J ^a  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Food price fluctuations; Food security; Growth; Stabilization; Welfare

Indexed keywords

ECONOMIC GROWTH; FOOD POLICY; FOOD SECURITY; PRICE DETERMINATION;

EID: 33646798108     PISSN: 03069192     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foodpol.2006.03.005     Document Type: Article

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