Policies on managing risk in agricultural markets

World Bank Research Observer

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 199-230

  Larson, Donald F ^a   Anderson, Jock R ^a   Varangis, Panos ^a  

^a WORLD BANK   (United States)

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AGRICULTURAL POLICY; COMMODITY MARKET; PRICING POLICY; RISK ASSESSMENT;

EID: 4744342938     PISSN: 02573032     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/wbro/lkh022     Document Type: Article

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