The spatial integration of paddy markets in Vietnam

Journal of Agricultural Economics

Volumn 59, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 271-295

  Baulch, Bob ^a   Hansen, Henrik ^b   Trung, Le Dang ^c   Minh Tam, Tran Ngo ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SUSSEX   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^c Vietnam Academy of Social Sciences   (Viet Nam)

Author keywords

Paddy marketing; Spatial market integration; Threshold error correction model; Vietnam

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL POLICY; AGRICULTURAL PRICE; AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION; EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; PADDY FARMING; PRICE DYNAMICS;

ASIA; EURASIA; MEKONG RIVER; SOUTHEAST ASIA; VIET NAM;

EID: 43049109497     PISSN: 0021857X     EISSN: 14779552     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1477-9552.2007.00148.x     Document Type: Article

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