The variable response of agricultural supply to world price instability in developing countries

Journal of Agricultural Economics

Volumn 59, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 72-92

  Subervie, Julie ^a  

^a Fondation pour les études et les Recherches sur le Développement International   (France)

Author keywords

Aggregate supply; Macroeconomic environment; World price instability

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL ECONOMICS; COMMODITY; COPING STRATEGY; DEVELOPING WORLD; INFLATION; MACROECONOMICS; PRICE DYNAMICS;

EID: 38049165562     PISSN: 0021857X     EISSN: 14779552     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1477-9552.2007.00136.x     Document Type: Article

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