Crop choice, farm income, and political control in Myanmar

Journal of the Asia Pacific Economy

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 180-203

  Kurosaki, Takashi ^a  

^a HITOTSUBASHI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Myanmar; Reform; Rice policy; Transitional economies

Indexed keywords

AGRI-ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY; AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION; AGROECOLOGY; CROPPING PRACTICE; DATA SET; ECONOMIC POLICY; FOOD POLICY; INCOME; PADDY FARMING; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RICE; TRANSITIONAL ECONOMY;

ASIA; EURASIA; MYANMAR; SOUTHEAST ASIA;

EID: 41749104239     PISSN: 13547860     EISSN: 14699648     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13547860801923582     Document Type: Article

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