Futures for farmers: Hedging participation and the Mexican corn scheme

Journal of Development Studies

Volumn 42, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 698-712

  Benavides, G ^a   Snowden, P N ^b  

^a Bank of Mexico ^*  (Mexico)

^b LANCASTER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL FINANCE; AGRICULTURAL MARKET; AGRICULTURAL POLICY; AGRICULTURAL PRICE;

MEXICO [NORTH AMERICA]; NORTH AMERICA;

ZEA MAYS;

EID: 33646821035     PISSN: 00220388     EISSN: 17439140     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00220380600682330     Document Type: Article

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