Output, prices, and the distribution of consumption in rural India

Agricultural Economics

Volumn 33, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 29-40

  Bell, Clive ^a   Klonner, Stefan ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^b Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

Author keywords

Dagum distribution; Distribution; Growth; India; Singh Maddala distribution

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL ECONOMICS; CONSUMPTION BEHAVIOR; CROP YIELD; ECONOMIC GROWTH; HARVESTING;

ASIA; EURASIA; INDIA; SOUTH ASIA;

EID: 33745221385     PISSN: 01695150     EISSN: 15740862     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1574-0862.2005.00240.x     Document Type: Article

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