American farmers’ markets: Two types of informality

International Journal of Sociology and Social Policy

Volumn 24, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 44-57

  Tiemann, Thomas K ^a  

^a ELON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Farmers markets; Informal economy; Informal markets; Market structure

Indexed keywords

EID: 34247666138     PISSN: 0144333X     EISSN: 17586720     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/01443330410790704     Document Type: Article

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