The effects of NCPB marketing policies on maize market prices in Kenya

Agricultural Economics

Volumn 38, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 313-325

  Jayne, T S ^a   Myers, Robert J ^a   Nyoro, James ^b  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b EGERTON UNIVERSITY   (Kenya)

Author keywords

Kenya; Maize policy; Price effects; Vector autoregression

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL POLICY; AGRICULTURAL PRICE; MAIZE; MARKETING; PRICE DETERMINATION; PRICE DYNAMICS; PRICING POLICY; VECTOR AUTOREGRESSION;

AFRICA; EAST AFRICA; KENYA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA;

ZEA MAYS;

EID: 43549086638     PISSN: 01695150     EISSN: 15740862     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1574-0862.2008.00302.x     Document Type: Article

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