Wal-Mart and social capital

American Journal of Agricultural Economics

Volumn 88, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 1304-1310

  Goetz, Stephan J ^a   Rupasingha, Anil ^b  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b AMERICAN UNIVERSITY OF SHARJAH   (United Arab Emirates)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; MODEL; SOCIAL CAPITAL;

EID: 33751233203     PISSN: 00029092     EISSN: 14678276     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-8276.2006.00949.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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