Multi-agent simulations to explore rules for rural credit in a highland farming community of Northern Thailand

Ecological Economics

Volumn 66, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 615-627

  Barnaud, Cécile ^a,b   Bousquet, François ^b   Trebuil, Guy ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ PARIS OUEST NANTERRE LA DÉFENSE   (France)

^b CIRAD   (France)

Author keywords

Companion modelling; Farm differentiation; Multi agent systems; Participatory modelling; Rural credit

Indexed keywords

CREDIT PROVISION; CROP PRODUCTION; ECONOMIC IMPACT; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; MODELING; PARTICIPATORY APPROACH; RURAL AREA; UPLAND REGION;

ASIA; EURASIA; SOUTHEAST ASIA; THAILAND;

EID: 46149124344     PISSN: 09218009     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolecon.2007.10.022     Document Type: Article

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