Bayes estimates of distance-to-market: Transactions costs, cooperatives and milk-market development in the Ethiopian Highlands

Journal of Applied Econometrics

Volumn 23, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 683-696

  Holloway, Garth ^a   Ehui, Simeon ^b   Teklu, Amare ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

^b WORLD BANK   (United States)

^c Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

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EID: 51449102948     PISSN: 08837252     EISSN: 10991255     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jae.1019     Document Type: Article

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